Are you ready, of course, Ma Kuo has been prepared.

Whether Liu Xing wants to deal with a certain person or a certain family in Dali in the southwest, or he has to deal with the already defeated Mengwu Kingdom, King Kang of the Southern Dynasty and Zhong Xiang who is in the "bloody battle" in Annan. Ma Kuo's Imperial Court is always ready to dispatch capable people to carry out Liu Xing's orders.

So what instructions will Liu Xing use to give the Imperial Court?

Only three days later, when Duan Zhengyan and Hui Li were in front of the bedside of Gao Taiming, who was sick in the military tent, asked him about his condition with concern, a piece of paper signed by the two courts and the first assistant was sent by airship to the outside of the city.

Gao Taiming was named hereditary and first-class Duke of Wunan, and his two brothers and two sons were named second-class dukes. Nine dukes in one door, plus twelve marquis and twelve counts.

Under these third-class nobles, at the suggestion of Ma Kuo, Liu Xing also canonized as many as one hundred and twenty viscounts, barons, cavalry captains and cloud cavalry captains among the Wuman tribes at the same time.

It was just a barbarian department with a population of more than 300,000, and Liu Xing actually canonized more than 150 nobles. As soon as the order was read out by the general envoy of the Imperial Court, Duan Zhengyan couldn't help but look at Hui in amazement.

Why did he look at Hui? That's because before this canonization decree arrived, Hui Liao had a night conversation with Duan Zhengyan and a casual chat with him during the tea.

There is only one core content of those words, Duan Zhengyan's initiative to ask Dali to withdraw the feudal domain and establish a province made him more trusted by Liu Xing.

If the people Liu Xing trusted were bullied, with the temperament of that evil and crazy young prime minister, he would definitely not spare those who deceived people.

So Hui told Duan Zhengyan at the time: You and your grandfather and father can't clean up the Wuman Gao family, and Taifu will definitely think of helping them clean up. And once Taifu makes a move, the Gao family is bound to fall apart quickly, and it will be difficult to become a climate......

The strategy of disintegration, Duan Zhengyan was surprised that Liu Xing not only did not forcibly split the barbarian department with the above edict, but instead used this method of more than 150 people, he didn't understand that the consequences of this move would really be as Hui said to him?

What Duan Zhengyan thought at the time was that being knighted was equivalent to agreeing with a family's contribution to the Great Song Dynasty, as long as he agreed, he would have a lot of concerns if he wanted to eradicate it in the future!

However, when he looked at Hui in astonishment, Hui did not look at him, but glanced at the Xuanhui envoy of the Li Fan Yuan who came with the first auxiliary order. After the two of them met for a moment, a mysterious smile appeared on Hui's face.

Seeing his smile, Duan Zhengyan was even more confused and confused. But he didn't dare to ask Hui Liao anything immediately, so he could only endure it for more than half an hour with that kind of surprise.

Until the end of the greetings, Hui and the Xuanhui envoy walked out of Gao Taiming's military tent and returned to his tent with him.

Duan Zhengyan couldn't help but hold Hui and asked eagerly, "Archmage, what do you mean by that smile?" What does Taifu mean by this? ”

Hui saw that he was so anxious, but he didn't answer, and glanced back at the Xuanhui envoy with a slight smile.

Xuanhui envoy understood, stepped forward and saluted Duan Zhengyan with a fist, and then said, "Didn't you hear it from His Royal Highness the County King?" Although Taifu canonized Gao Taiming as a first-class duke, he also made his brother, son, and nephew all nobles. However, except for Gao Taiming, his younger brothers and nephews are all hereditary positions, and they cannot be passed on to future generations to inherit the title. ”

Seeing him say this, Duan Zhengyan was even more confused, looked at the Xuanhui envoy and said: "Even if they are all knights, but in this way, only the Gao clan is too strong!" The strength of his clan will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among other departments in Dali. The thirty-six will feel unfair and rebel again, is it possible that Taifu wants to bloody the rebellion in the southwest? ”

In fact, the rebellion of the thirty-six departments was not due to the incompetence of the Duan family, the biggest reason was that the Gao family was noisy and had gained too many benefits. and squeezed other tribes, only to force those tribes to rebel several times.

Duan Zhengyan's concern was very reasonable, but the Xuanhui envoy smiled indifferently after hearing this: "The chieftains of the thirty-six departments should also be knighted as the Marquis at this moment, and His Royal Highness the county king doesn't need to worry too much about those tribes." But you have to worry about it, after the civil strife in Dali's barbarian department begins, how will you help the trusted governors of Yunnan and Guizhou do what they need to do. ”

What do you mean by that? How can there be civil strife? When Duan Zhengyan heard this, he was even more confused, staring at the Xuanhui envoy in astonishment: "The Gao clan has always been united, and the barbarians want to work together, how can there be civil strife?" ”

Seeing his continuous rhetorical questions, Hui Liao finally spoke: "There is only one duke, and the others are all lords." When a hereditary title and a first-generation lord are placed in front of you at the same time, does His Royal Highness think that the people of the Gao family will be very united? What's more, there are more than seventy lower-level lords in the non-Gao clan, wouldn't those people want hereditary high-ranking lords? ”

"Is the archmage saying that Taifu's move is to use the high-ranking lord as a weapon to discord and induce civil strife in the barbarians?" As soon as Hui's words fell, Duan Zhengyan seemed to understand and said suspiciously: "But Gao Taiming is enough to deter the entire Wuman Department, and it may be difficult for him to come true if he is alive for a day, and the civil strife in Wuman!" ”

"Your Highness, just now I sent another order to Gao Taiming after the announcement, didn't you hear it?" Xuanhui was still puzzled when he saw him, and asked him with a sly smile.

Hearing this question, Duan Zhengyan's eyes blinked quickly, and he recalled what the Xuanhui envoy had said after the announcement.

After he remembered it, Duan Zhengyan's face was still puzzled: "Elect the duke's heir to report to Tianshu within three months, is there any mystery in your words?" ”

"Haha......"

Hui saw Duan Zhengyan's increasingly confused look, and finally couldn't help laughing out loud and said: "Three months, Gao Tai Ming's life is only three days left, how can he still have three months!" Your Highness, there are many people around the Taifu who know astrology. The old man knew that Gao Taiming's limit was approaching the day before yesterday, so how could Taifu not know it? ”

Halfway through his words, Hui's face changed, and he changed into a sinister smile and continued: "As soon as he dies and his heir is not clearly established, do you think that a group of dragons who have lost their heads will still be so united?" What's more, Feng Xuanhui came to Zhang Kuang and Zhang Xuanhui here, not just for the sake of the book. Hehe, the good show of civil strife in the barbarians has just begun. You, just wait to see the show! ”

Hearing his words, Duan Zhengyan suddenly realized: "Oh, it turns out that Taifu used that high-ranking lord as a bait to lure that barbarian to start a civil strife. It's just that I don't know what the two Xuanhui will do, so that the big drama can be performed quickly......" (to be continued.) )