Cao Pengxiang said eloquently: "Although you are the emperor, but now you are in Chengdu, my Cao family guards the Wujiang River, you are a guest army, and my ally controls Jiangnan Province, and the money bags and granaries of Daqian are under our control."

The border armies in the northwest and north were firmly pinned down by the Eastern and Western Turks, and no one dared to move a little, and the twelve guards of the Beijing Division were all brought out by you, and now Jinling City is an undefended city, and we can easily enter the Beijing Division. When the time comes, as long as I ascend the throne and become the emperor, the overall situation of the world will be decided, and the ministers in the court will have no leader, only bow down to the ministers, and in a few years, you will be forgotten, at most you will be able to entrench in Jiannan, and I will not leave you in Shannan Road! ”

Listening to Cao Pengxiang's words, Li Guanqi couldn't help but gasp: "Cao Pengxiang may be too arrogant, but his strategy is very perfect. When he was personally driving to quell the rebellion, he didn't expect that there would be rebels in his rear, and Li Chen and the others had a large number of troops, so they brought out all the twelve guards of the Beijing Division...... Now, the Wujiang defense line is controlled by the Cao family's people, and if you want to come to Jinsha Pass, you will also be taken by the other party from the rear in advance, so it will be very difficult for you to cross the river.

If he really has allies in Jiangnan Province who hold military power, then Jinling City will be vulnerable, and his guest army will be outside, and the general trend will be gone! Li Guanqi is now a military expert himself, and of course he can see that Cao Pengxiang's strategy is not likely to succeed, but completely possible! ”

Cao Pengxiang saw that his face changed several times, and couldn't help but smile: "How?" You should know that what I'm saying is true, and you know that this plan is absolutely perfect and feasible!"

Li Guanqi nodded and said with a sneer: "Not bad! I admit that your plan is perfect, but I will not let you succeed, and for people like you, once in power, your ambitions will only swell. If you are reckless in military force, the people will not be at peace, and what you think about is not eternal, but to achieve your own immortal achievements. ”

Cao Pengxiang was about to refute, but Li Guanqi continued: "And there is a fatal flaw in your seemingly perfect plan - you yourself are still here. Let's wait until you get out of here alive. ”

Cao Pengxiang laughed and said: "I have hostages in my hands, what's the use of surrounding this place?" ”

Li Guanqi smiled slightly and said, "You don't think that you can sit back and relax if you kidnap Xie Chen, right?" ”

"He's just a decoy!" Cao Pengxiang suddenly said sharply, "You are my ideal hostage." After speaking, he roared, and his palm was like a knife, and he pounced on Li Guanqi.

He Ziming, who was beside Li Guanqi, immediately flew over, and the two quickly exchanged a few moves, but failed to distinguish the winner at the first time, and Cao Pengxiang flew back. The look in his eyes was strange: "Who are you?" Martial arts are so high, why do you want to be a guard for others? ”

"......" He Ziming really didn't know how to answer.

Li Guanqi was completely helpless - this Cao Pengxiang definitely had extremely serious paranoia, did he think that he, the emperor, would not even have a guard with strong martial arts by his side?

Cao Pengxiang pulled out his long sword and pounced again, but He Ziming did not draw his sword, and still greeted him with his bare hands.

"How's it going?" Li Guanqi asked the nameless beside him.

"Twenty moves!" Nameless said with a relaxed face, "Within twenty moves, Yun Jing will definitely be able to capture him!" ”

Li Guanqi Chong, who was still holding Xie Chen's neck with his double knives, said, "What about you? It's your own surrender. Or are you waiting for my people to do it? ”

"Hahahaha...... Inoue Jiro said with a wild laugh, "I'm leaving." Can any of you stop me? Hahaha......"

Li Guanqi was speechless for a while, no wonder Cao Pengxiang and Inoue Jiro were able to mix together, it turned out that both of them were not lightly ill......

Cao Pengxiang's "rebellion" ended like a farce. He Ziming had already restrained him in only sixteen moves, and as for Inoue Jiro, before he could escape with the technique of excavation, he was tied up by Nameless with a dragon tendon whip.

Originally, Li Guanqi was still worried about how to deal with the Cao family! Now there is the fact that Cao Pengxiang "rebelled". It's just a little easier.

The next day, Li Guanqi promulgated a clear edict, Cao Shixun was jealous of Xian and envy, framed Zhongliang, and should have been beheaded. Annihilate the three tribes. However, remembering that the ancestors of the Cao family had meritorious service in founding the country and countering the rebellion, the Cao family also contributed a lot, so they were lightly dismissed and ordered Cao Shixun to commit suicide to comfort the soul.

Cao Pengxiang intended to rebel and was sentenced to death - Ling Chi!

The others will not be held accountable, but the title of the Cao family will be stripped and demoted to a concubine!

After everything was dealt with, Li Guanqi hurriedly returned to the court - although Cao Pengxiang did not really rebel, the plan he thought of was a very feasible plan. Li Guanqi didn't want to be taken advantage of, he wanted to return to Jinling with the twelve guards of the Jingshi as soon as possible.

After returning to Beijing, after the routine ceremony, Li Guanqi called all the scholars, scholars of political affairs, and supervisors into the Qinzheng Hall for a meeting.

"During this counterinsurgency, I have seen too many local officials, deceitful and deceitful, and the situation of the common people has reached a rampant level. Corruption is to shake the foundation of the country, and now that the rebellion has been put down and the surrounding countries are relatively quiet for the time being, it is a good time to rectify the rule of officials! I don't know what everyone's opinion is? Li Guanqi said straight to the point.

Dongfang Rui, a scholar of Tiren Pavilion University, was the first to speak: "Your Majesty! I beg your pardon! The new chaos is first decided, but it is a time when a hundred ruins are waiting to be rebuilt. At this moment, if there is a large-scale removal of local officials, I am afraid that it will cause a new round of turmoil. So! The ministers thought that His Majesty should focus on pacifying the localities at this time, and when everything was in order, he would order the officials to send ministers to inspect them step by step, and carry out a small transfer of officials without expanding their influence. In this way, the stability of the country can be guaranteed. ”

Before Li Guanqi could answer, he heard Lin Bai already blowing his beard and saying, "What Lord Dongfang said is ridiculous! The chaos of local officials has reached the point where there is no room for delay, and if corrupt officials are not replaced, the common people will be bullied by them for one more day! What does the Lord of the East say about waiting for the country to be stable before governing, it is even more absurd, the government is corrupt, corrupt officials are rampant, how can the country be stable?

Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, serious diseases need fierce medicine! The imperial court should resolutely bring all corrupt officials to justice! ”

Listening to the two arguing in front of him, Li Guanqi not only did not feel bored, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth - the feeling of being in the court for a long time was back. (To be continued......)