In the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty, Li Cunhuan sent envoys to Taiyuan and Luoyang respectively, bluntly asking for Jiuxi.

What is this Nine Tin? Naturally, there are not nine kinds of pewter, they are nine kinds of items, chariots and horses, axes, tigers, bronze musical instruments, etc. In ancient times, tin was "given", so the correct interpretation is nine kinds of rewards.

However, Jiuxi changed its flavor at the turn of the Eastern and Western Han Dynasty, and in ancient times, Jiuxi was a great prince bestowed by the Son of Heaven on the Lords and had great contributions to the country. However, at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang was awarded Jiuxi, and the result was a famous event in history, Wang Mang usurped the throne.

Cao Ying was granted Jiuxi, and his son usurped the throne and destroyed the Han Dynasty and established the Wei Dynasty.

Sima Zhao was granted the title of Jiuxi, and his son usurped the throne and destroyed the Wei and Jin dynasties.

Sun Quan was awarded Jiuxi by the Wei Dynasty, and finally rebelled against Wei and established himself as emperor.

In the era of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the founding emperors of the four dynasties of the Southern Dynasties, Liu Yu, Xiao Daocheng, Xiao Yan, and Chen Baxian all received Jiuxi.

Li Yuan took over Jiuxi from the Sui Dynasty, and the result was to destroy the Sui Dynasty and establish the Tang Dynasty.

There are all kinds of examples, and now Jiuxi has become a spokesman for usurpation. Li Cunhuan openly asked for Jiuxi, but everyone in the world was shocked.

In December, Lulong had completely entered the winter, and the cold weather hit everyone, but it was at this time that seventeen scholars, dressed in thin robes, came to Li Cunhuan's Jiedu envoy's mansion and knelt down, presented a blood letter, and advised Li Cunhuan to be loyal to the king. There are also seventeen coffins behind them, showing the attitude of success if you don't succeed.

For this type of scholar, Li Cunhuan has always been unaffordable, because they can only talk. Except for a splash of saliva, nothing can be done. Li Cunhuan sent soldiers from Tieyingdu to send these seventeen soldiers to Danzhou for labor reform. Ya, so free to benefit Lu Long!

Seeing the end of the seventeen scholars like this, all those who were ready to admonish stopped their steps. Li Cunhuan now has the intention of going his own way. At this time, it is different from the era of peace, and in the era of peace, the behavior of the scholar is called a good character, and he will be praised by everyone, and his reputation will naturally rise. But now that the warlord is in power, Li Cunhuan only needs to move his mouth, I don't know how many nonsense talking scholars have lost their heads and died, no matter how high their reputation is, what's the use?

However, there is no shortage of people who are not afraid of death in this world, and on December 11, the three towns supervised the imperial history Nie Yi and rushed back from Pyongyang City. I didn't eat a bite of food, I didn't catch my breath, my feet didn't stop for a single step, and I came directly to the outside of the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion. This old man, who was already sixty years old, was even more fierce than those young scholars, and came directly with a roll of straw mats. What are you doing with a straw mat? Cushion on the snow and sit on a straw mat? No, it's for rolling corpses.

Moreover, Nie Yizhong is still writing on a large piece of straw paper, vainly claiming to be the emperor! Heinous! The eight big characters are clear and straightforward, and if he is replaced by a tyrannical lord, Nie Yizhong has long not known whether he was executed by Ling Chi or split up by five horses. Anyway, some Nie Yizhong enjoyed the outstanding torture created by these ancients.

For Nie Yizhong, Li Cunhuan has no choice, and Li Cunhuan can ignore those empty talkers. But Nie Yizhong Li Cunhuan is a treasure, mainly because Nie Yizhong dares to speak out, dares to speak out about Li Cunhuan's shortcomings, and maintains Li Cunhuan's rule.

So don't look at Nie Yizhong's supervising imperial history is just an official title on the eighth grade, but his power is second only to Zhang Chengye among civil officials. Some people also compare Nie Yizhong to Wei Zheng, of course, this is enough to compliment Li Cunhuan, because Wei Zheng's lord is Tang Taizong. But it also shows Nie Yizhong's toughness and Li Cunhuan's trust in him.

Li Cunhuan didn't care about putting on a fox fur, he was wearing civilian clothes and clogs under his feet. Hurriedly rushed out of the Jiedu Embassy. The image of Li Cunhuan can be described as very rude, although there is nothing in Li Cunhuan's eyes, but in ancient times, people who have always paid attention to formal dress etiquette, Li Cunhuan's outfit is like we are wearing shorts to pick up customers, which is very rude. However, if it is used to welcome Nie Yizhong, this is a great honor.

"General!" Nie Yizhong straightened his face when he saw Li Cunhuan, and he didn't feel the slightest emotion that Li Cunhuan knew that he was coming and hurriedly came to meet him, but scolded: "How is this the posture of a general?" ”

Li Cunhuan ignored Nie Yizhong's hard words, and straightened up Nie Yizhong who knelt down with both hands. When Nie Yizhong stood up, Li Cunhuan personally patted the snow chips off Nie Yizhong's knees, and complained: "Sir, what are you doing here?" There's something to say! There's something to say! Come and come with me! ”

"No!" Nie Yizhong vetoed Li Cunhuan's proposal very strongly, his position was very resolute, and he did not loosen up because of Li Cunhuan's low posture. "Isn't the general trying to usurp the throne?"

"Definitely!" Li Cunhuan said helplessly, "I just want to be the king, and I am also a member of the royal family, so it is not too much to get a prince after such a great achievement!" ”

"Really?" Nie Yizhong asked rhetorically with some distrust.

"Seriously!" Li Cunhuan replied angrily, but he didn't have the old man's way.

"Is that true?" Nie Yizhong still didn't believe it, and asked again.

"Seriously!" Li Cunhuan had already been defeated by Nie Yizhong, and he was even thinking about how to get rid of this old man.

"That's a great thing!" Nie Yizhong turned his worries into joy and said happily.

"Great goodness!" Li Cunhuan echoed weakly, he felt a little like Tang Taizong facing Wei Zheng. began to sympathize, how could Tang Taizong endure Wei Zheng's stubborn temper. It is estimated that Tang Taizong lived a short life as usual, and he went to see King Yama at the age of fifty, and there was an element of Wei Zheng. Li Cunhuan thought very unkindly in his mind.

Under the circumstance of Nie Yizhong's repeated questioning, Li Cunhuan finally expressed his position in front of everyone, only calling him the king, not the emperor. However, Li Cunhuan is also the king's life, Zhu Wen and Li Ke used a rare unification of the front, and everything else can be sealed, but it is not crowned king.

Li Cunhuan took care of his mother, built the Temple of Heaven in the east of Youzhou City, and said on January 1 of the fifth year of Qianning, he ascended the altar and became the king. He proclaimed himself the king of Qin, and took the four towns of Lulong, Andong, Yichang, and Xiongjin as the Qin state.

However, when it was the turn of King Qin's seal, it was difficult. It stands to reason that the seal of King Qin should be the four words "Seal of King Qin". But Feng Dao said: "The general is very human, how can he deal with ordinary people's affairs!" It should be engraved with the example of being ordered by heaven and longevity. "Feng Dao means to add the color of the Son of Heaven to Li Cunhuan.

Han Yanhui immediately went to the table and suggested that Li Cunhuan's seal should use the words 'Simu Li Yuan', Si Mu means the meaning of managing and rule, and Li Yuan refers to the people of Limin. Han Yanhui is here as a metaphor for Li Cunhuan managing the world.

Yang Shihou was on the table, suggesting that Li Cunhuan adopt "the world's military hunting", and bluntly said that Li Cunhuan won the world by force.

Li Cunhuan finally chose the eight-character big seal "Festival of the world, Simu Li Yuan," eight big characters, majestic atmosphere, although not called the emperor, but already has the momentum of the emperor. Since then, the name Li Cunhuan has appeared in the hearts of people all over the world, and they all know that the north is no longer a hegemony between Li Keyong and Zhu Wen.

"Zhu Wen, Lao Tzu wants you to look good!" Li Cunhuan, who had just been crowned king, threw the documents that Guo Dazhong had just handed over on several cases, and there were several conspicuous words in the scattered documents, Zhu Wen, Emperor Cheng, and Enemy.

Afterwards, Li Cunhuan felt that something was wrong with the emperor turmoil this time, and immediately sent Jinyi Wei to investigate, and sure enough, he found out what was wrong. This time the emperor turmoil was actually caused by Zhu Wen's guy behind his back, Li Cunhuan was a little scared when he thought about it, and almost fell for Zhu Wen's conspiracy.

Indeed, Li Cunhuan, who is the emperor, is undoubtedly standing on everyone's stage, you must know that even Zhu Wen and Li Ke dare not be the emperor with such a powerful force, but dare to set up a puppet emperor. One can imagine the pressure that Li Cunhuan was under after becoming emperor.

"Your Highness, please calm down, the most important thing now is to set a plan for the future." Guo Dazhong said persuasively.

Park Jinghui, who joined the army, also opened his mouth to persuade: "Your Highness, what Guo Zhenfu said is very true. Now His Royal Highness needs to think calmly, whether it is to join Li (Keyong) to attack Zhu (Wen), or to join Zhu (Wen) to attack Li (Keyong), and to guard against Li Keyong and Zhu Wen joining forces, you must not be rash! ”

Li Cunhuan took a deep breath and said, "I know, but I didn't expect that it was all me Li Cunhuan who was a pit person, and I didn't expect that I almost caught Zhu Wen's way this time." I can't just forget that! ”

Guo Dazhong smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that it will be difficult for His Highness to send someone to assassinate Zhu Wen!" ”

It's been a long time since he came to this era, and Li Cunhuan knows which so-called assassins are not as powerful as in the novel, what flying walls and walls, killing enemies with one move, and killing people invisibly, but that is only to deal with ordinary people. is generally similar to a big man like Li Cunhuan, but he is tightly guarded. Needless to say, even the meals have been tested for poison by a special person, silver needle, and dog, and then steamed again, and then taken to Li Cunhuan's table.

In terms of food raw materials, a field was specially opened up in the Jiedu Embassy Mansion to supply Li Cunhuan's food. Although it is not very strict, it is not easy to poison it. More importantly, what do the people in this era do when they learn martial arts? Is it really good to get fit? That's blown out.

After learning a good martial arts, it is natural to sell it to the emperor. The real martial arts masters are actually the eagle dogs of the government, or they are hermits. Those who went to the rivers and lakes to be assassins did this kind of thing. Therefore, the guards around the elite are generally first-class good hands, and if they want to kill this magnate, I am afraid that they will be discovered before they get close to him. If you want to assassinate his master under the nose of a martial arts master of the same level, I am afraid it is more difficult than ascending to the sky, otherwise Guo Dazhong would not have a wry smile on his face.

Li Cunhuan showed a hideous sneer, "Since he Zhu Wen is the first year of junior high school, I, Li Cunhuan, will naturally be fifteen." Send someone to inform Sun Dingshi, he knows what to do! ”

"Yes!" Guo Dazhong's heart froze, and he nodded as usual.

Not to mention Li Cunhuan, let's talk about going back to Hezhong, since Li Keyong was defeated by Zhu Wen in Luoyang, Zhu Wen couldn't open Luzhou, the southeast gate of Hezhong, and the strategic location in Hezhong became more and more important. Compared with Luzhou, which has mountains and rivers in the surface, the terrain in the river is obviously flatter. His geographical location is also more suitable for the army to drive straight into Taiyuan Mansion.

Since ancient times, most of the marches have been along roads with abundant water sources, because in ancient times, there was no running water, and human settlements were concentrated in the area of rivers. Fenshui flows from the northwest of Taiyuan Province from Lanzhou Shushan Mountain, passing through Lanzhou, Taiyuan Province, Jinzhou, Jiangzhou, and along the Yellow River River to the south, not far is Hezhong Province.

From this route, it can be seen that the Fenshui Basin is simply a natural road, the Fenshui Basin is a plain, the road is flat, and there can be a water supply. The army can drive straight into Taiyuan Mansion, and Zhu Wen is eyeing the river.

At the beginning of March in the fourth year of Qianning, Zhu Wen decided to let Li Cunhuan go after discussing with Jingxiang. Ordered Liu Zhijun to unite with Wang Ke's sworn enemy in Hezhong Jiedu, and Baoyi Jiedu to make Wang Hui send troops to Hezhong Mansion.

However, this is not Zhu Wen's biggest goal, Hezhong is just to attract Li Keyong's attention. Zhu Wen's goal is to be in Chengde and Yiwu, or in other words, Zhu Wen is giving Li Keyong a difficult problem, whether to give up the two affiliated towns of Chengde and Yiwu, or to give up the southwest gate of Hezhong in the east of the river?

For this reason, Zhu Wen did not hesitate to let go of his fear of Li Cunhuan and sent an envoy to Youzhou to ask to see Li Cunhuan.

The messenger is Li Cunhuan's acquaintance, Xie Tong, Li Cunhuan extorted a sum of money in his hands at the beginning. However, as a strategist, Xie Tong, no matter whether he is broad-minded or moody, in front of Li Cunhuan, Xie Tong behaves very decently, neither arrogant nor humble. It seems that he has forgotten the unhappiness of the past.

Li Cunhuan raised the letter that Yang Zhu Wen gave him, and asked with a smile: "You mean Zhu Wen, oh, it should be His Royal Highness King Liang who said that as long as I stand by in this war, he will cede Yiwu's Yizhou to me for free?" In addition, I am still so generous, 500,000 stone grain, I just need to do nothing! ”

"What His Royal Highness said is very true, all of this was said by His Royal Highness King Liang himself, and there are also these black and white words. I believe that His Royal Highness should understand His Royal Highness King Liang's sincerity to Your Highness. And all His Highness needs to do is sit idly by and do nothing, and speaking of which, Yiwu and Chengde are still Lu Long's enemies, if His Royal Highness is willing to help His Royal Highness King Liang, I think His Royal Highness King Liang is very happy to have such a powerful ally. Xie Tong said with a smile.

"Well, that's a good proposition!" Li Cunhuan stroked his chin and echoed with a smile. However, Li Cunhuan didn't believe that Zhu Wen would be such a good person, how Li Cunhuan didn't know what Zhu Wen was like, he was simply a person who ate bowls and noodles and reversed the bottom of the bowl. Just think about the fate of Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin, and Li Ke with these former allies of Zhu Wen, Zhu Xuan was clicked by Zhu Wen, the younger brother who recognized him as his eldest brother with a dead face, and Zhu Jin was almost clicked by Zhu Wen.

Needless to say, Li Keyong almost didn't even have a small life in Shangyuanyi, and now he is even more aggressive by Zhu Wen. Zhu Wen didn't remember that he was beaten by Huang Chao and ran away, and he begged Li Ke for support with bitter pleading. He also forgot who helped him defeat the Yellow Nest in the midst of danger.

"That's very good, please Mr. Xie go back and reply to His Royal Highness King Liang, King Lone should meet His Royal Highness King Liang's request!" After a deep sigh, Li Cunhuan quickly came up with a reply and responded with a smile.

A hint of annoyance flashed in Xie Tong's eyes, Li Cunhuan said a request, which inevitably weakened Zhu Wen's momentum, as if Zhu Wen was begging Li Cunhuan. However, Xie Tong was not a reckless person, he pretended not to understand, and thanked Li Cunhuan with a smile, and both sides had their own politeness. The next day, Xie Tong returned to Bianzhou and did not stay in Youzhou for a long time.

Xie Tong came back and carefully stated the process of this mission to Zhu Wen. Although Xie Tong was on the mission for more than ten days, what really mattered was the short conversation with Li Cunhuan, so the statement was not long, and it was said quickly.

As soon as Xie Tong's words fell, Jing Xiang sighed and said: "I'm afraid that there will be a lot of waves in Hebei this time, and Li Cunhuan will definitely send troops." I don't know what the general trend of the world is after this war! ”

Zhu Wen's favorite adopted son, Zhu Youwen, couldn't help but ask in disbelief: "Military advisor, what is the basis for what you say?" Didn't Mr. Xie already say that Li Cunhuan agreed to his father's conditions? Why do you say that Li Cunhuan will send troops? ”

"Li Cunhuan's promise is too refreshing!" Without waiting for Jing Xiang to answer Zhu Youwen's question, Zhu Wen already had a dark face and roared. "This Li Cunhuan is too cunning! Damn it! ”

"This time, Your Highness needs to prevent a war on many sides, why don't you shake hands with Li Ke?" Xie Tong frowned and opened his mouth to suggest. There is no way out of his suggestion.

"I, Xuanwu's million-strong army, why not be afraid of the one-eyed dragon and Li Cunhuan, this kid! This time, I want to see how powerful this kid is Li Cunhuan! It's just that he bullied three small barbarian countries in the Liaohai Sea, and he was so arrogant. The widow taught him how to be the soldier of the Central Plains! ”

Zhu Wen was really annoyed by Li Cunhuan, and was blackmailed by Li Cunhuan in Qingzhou. Now Li Cunhuan must be fighting Qingzhou's general idea again, ready to give Zhu Wen a stick behind his back. Zhu Wen swore that this time he would not give Li Cunhuan a chance to sneak attack him behind his back, and he would not give Li Cunhuan another chance to succeed! And he also asked Li Cunhuan to enjoy the taste of his Zhu Wen's anger.

"Your Highness is angry, the art of war is cloudy: the Lord must not raise a division out of anger, and he will not be discouraged and cause war! This dispatch of troops should be done in a fool's right! Jing Xiang reluctantly admonished.

"No!" Zhu Wen waved his hand strongly, and said in a firm tone: "This time, no matter what, we will send troops to Hebei!" Occupy Chengde, Yiwu, and cut off the east arm of the river! ”

Just teach Li Cunhuan that kid a lesson! Zhu Wen thought in his heart.

(To be continued)