On the first day of September, Cui Anqian arrived in Xiangyang.

Liu Yunzhang personally went to meet him outside Xiangyang City.

Cui Anqian arrived at the Yamen of the Jiedu envoy and met Li Rupei, the two met quite funny, Li Rupei first gave Cui Anqian the first salute, because Cui Anqian was his father-in-law, and then Cui Anqian gave Li Rupei the first salute, because Li Rupei is the prince, such etiquette must be observed.

Cui Anqian came to Xiangyang, proving that Li Rupei's plan was completely successful.

Liu Yunzhang and others were very happy, thinking that Cui Anqian came to Xiangyang, and should be greatly celebrated, after all, the Iron and Blood Army occupied Shannan East Road, so Shannan West Road and Shannan East Road were combined into one, and while the territory increased, the strength of the Iron Blood Army also underwent great changes, and the future food and salary were more sufficient.

Li Rupei didn't know whether it was okay or not, and he neither said that he agreed with the celebration, nor did he express his clear opposition, but Liu Yunzhang and others were clear that Li Rupei did not make a clear statement, so don't do that kind of thing for the time being, maybe the time is not ripe yet.

On the day Liu Yunzhang arrived in Xiangyang, he discussed with Li Rupei for two hours.

After the end of the negotiation, Cui Anqian's consternation was indescribable, he never imagined that Li Rupei would do so much, including how Shannan Dongdao should develop in the future, what kind of things should be done, all considered very clearly and meticulously, most of Li Rupei's views, Cui Anqian agreed, and also benefited a lot, a small number of views are not very agreeable, but it has nothing to do with the overall situation, especially Li Rupei's point of view of agriculture and commerce, which is in line with Cui Anqian's ideas, The Predators were not allowed to interfere in local affairs, which avoided the situation of the army exploiting the people.

As for the governance of Shannan East Road and Shannan West Road, the two places are no longer separated, and Li Rupei has merged the two places into one, with the iron-blooded army taking Xiangyang as its base camp and Liangzhou as its backup base camp. The development model and governance model of the two places are exactly the same, which is equivalent to the restoration of Shannan Province in the early Tang Dynasty.

Cui Anqian's responsibility is significant, fully responsible for the people's livelihood matters of Shannan East Road and Shannan West Road, focusing on the governance of Shannan East Road, Liu Yunzhang assisted Cui Anqian in governing the two places, focusing on the jurisdiction of Shannan West Road.

Ma Haoxuan was still in charge of commercial affairs, and moved to Xiangyang to act on commercial affairs between the two places, and Qian Shiqu, Yu Chenghui and Tan Mingxiao were transferred to Cui Anqian's side and served as the deputy envoy of Shannan Dongdao to assist Cui Anqian in managing all matters between the two places. As for the candidates for the assassination history in various places, Cui Anqian, Liu Yunzhang and others considered it as a whole, and the only thing that could be determined was Xie Guoxi as the assassin of Liangzhou.

The next day, Cui Anqian locked himself in the wing room, and read a lot of many documents issued by the Yamen of Shannan Xidao Jiedu, which covered almost all the ways of governance. Cui Anqian had a deeper understanding of Li Rupei, and he really began to rise in his heart with the idea that Li Rupei was by no means an ordinary person, if he governed the Tang Dynasty. I am afraid that the Tang Dynasty under his rule will exceed the period of Emperor Taizong.

In the process of reading the documents, Cui Anqian also incorporated some of his own insights into it, after all, he had governed Xichuan. I have a lot of mature experience, and instilling this experience in it can improve many documents.

The third day of September. Li Rupei arranged a small banquet for the yamen in Jiedu.

Cui Anqian, Liu Yunzhang, Ma Haoxuan, Qian Shiqu, Yu Chenghui, Tan Mingxiao, Gao Chibang and Huang Biao and others all participated, in addition, Zhu Wen also accepted the invitation, which surprised everyone, but thinking of Zhu Wen's military exploits when attacking Xiangyang, everyone was relieved.

The people who were able to participate in this banquet were all extraordinary people, and everyone knew very well that they were talking about surrounding Li Rupei and working together for the foreseeable future.

The mood of the people was high and they were very happy, even though everyone had a lot of things going on, and it was almost difficult to have leisure time.

Li Rupei waited for everyone for the first time, and when everyone entered the room, Li Rupei would greet everyone with fists.

After sitting down, Qin Erhei poured liquor for everyone.

Li Rupei picked up his wine glass.

"Today and you are drinking here, it is a celebration of the victory of the Iron Army, two days ago Liu Gong suggested to celebrate, a certain did not express a position, presumably you are a little confused, today a certain will solve the mystery in your heart."

"Come, everyone, please fill this cup."

After drinking the wine in one go, Li Rupei put down the wine glass and motioned for everyone to sit down, but he did not sit down.

After Qin Erhei poured wine for everyone again, Li Rupei spoke.

"Three years, two years, the Iron and Blood Army has developed so rapidly, from the bandits in Guanzhuang Town, to the brave army, the changes in this can be described as fast, today I don't want to say why there are such changes, and I don't want to express the merits of this, I thought of a poem and sent it to everyone here."

"It is advisable to chase the poor bravely, and not to sell the name of the overlord."

After Li Rupei chanted this poem, everyone was stunned.

Liu Yunzhang looked at Li Rupei, and suddenly thought of the poems he had seen, and it turned out that the author of the poems was actually Li Rupei in front of him.

More people are trying to figure out the meaning of this poem.

"Xiang Yu, the overlord of the late Qin Dynasty, you all know, the battle between Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, has become a topic that has been passed down through the ages, if you want to say Xiang Yu's bravery, there is no need to question it, but why did Xiang Yu lose to Liu Bang, Xiang Yu once occupied such a big advantage, he could effortlessly exterminate Liu Bang, but he lost a good advantage, and was finally defeated by Han Xin's ambush on all sides, and lost his life in vain, Liu Bang Taoguang raised obscurity, and finally established the Han Dynasty."

"The iron-blooded army has won so many victories, it is said that it should be celebrated, a certain is not opposed to celebrating, but a certain is thinking of the question of timing, a certain is a Li Tang clan, seeing the black miasma in the Tang Dynasty, the northern feudal towns are in their own affairs, and they do not obey the imperial decree at all, the Huangchao in the south is still in chaos, and many festival envoys are shrinking turtles, what they think of is self-preservation, what they think of is to maintain their own power, where to think of the world, where to think of the imperial court."

"In this case, the iron-blooded army celebrates greatly, a certain always feels that it is not a taste, the task of the iron-blooded army is still very heavy, now it is just the beginning, your responsibility is even more important, just govern Shannan East Road and Shannan West Road, that is not a big success, what is needed is the prosperity of the entire Tang Dynasty, and what is needed is the coming of all countries."

When Li Rupei said this, the surroundings were already silent.

Zhu Wen, who was qualified to participate in this kind of banquet for the first time, had extremely complicated feelings in his heart, this time he made a great contribution, so long time has passed, and he has not heard about the matter of rewarding meritorious deeds, he is a little disappointed, but seeing that the people around him are extremely busy, it is not easy to say anything, to the festival to make the yamen participate in the banquet, and see the people who participated in the banquet, Zhu Wen's heart began to burn, and he felt that his future was infinitely bright.

Hearing Li Rupei's words, Zhu Wen's heart swelled with admiration and awe from the bottom of his heart.

How old is Li Rupei, and his vision is so far-reaching, where can ordinary people think of this.

After Li Rupei finished speaking, he sat down and picked up the wine glass again.

Everyone's eyes are focused on Cui Anqian, and someone needs to make a statement at this time, it must be Cui Anqian, after all, Cui Anqian's identity is there.

Cui Anqian stood up with his wine glass.

"The words of the prince, the subordinates fully agreed, and the subordinates expressed their position on behalf of everyone, willing to follow the prince, and did their best to die."

After Cui Anqian finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass, and everyone also picked up the wine glass and faced Li Rupei.

Li Rupei nodded and finished the glass of wine again.

The next atmosphere was much more harmonious, Li Rupei no longer said anything about government affairs and military affairs, everyone's task was to eat and drink, everyone toasted Li Rupei, and Li Rupei did not refuse to come.

Cui An on the side was dumbfounded, he had never seen someone who drank so much, but he was no better, after everyone toasted Li Rupei, they naturally toasted him, and the meaning of this banquet was originally to catch the wind for him.

Cui Anqian was still drunk, but he was in a good mood and drunk willingly.

After the banquet, Li Rupei, with the support of Qin Erhei, came to the front yard.

Li Rupei also drank too much, but the strength of the wine had not yet fully attacked, and he could support it for the time being.

At this time, he thought a lot, and the deepest impression in his mind was Zheng Jin's letter, in which Zheng Zheng clearly stated that he was willing to be loyal to him Li Rupei until death.

Li Rupei would not doubt Zheng Jin's statement, and he also believed that Zheng Zheng would do what was required in the letter, but Zheng Jin's decision to make such a choice in a short period of time made him feel worried.

Even Zhu Wen, who has not been in the Iron Blood Army for a long time, also feels that he Li Rupei will definitely ascend to the high position of the Ninety-Five, so how can the emperor in the capital not understand that if this influence is too expanded, it will eventually lead to the cannibalism of the Li Tang clan.

The reputation of Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, can be said to have been passed down through the ages, but Li Shimin also has a fatal flaw, that is, he relied on killing his own brother to ascend the throne, which was widely spread by later people, and it was also a stain that Li Shimin was worried about all his life.

Li Rupei doesn't want such a thing to happen, thinking about ascending to the throne smoothly, it is impossible, the emperor is still young, as long as there are no major problems in his body, he doesn't know how long he will be the emperor, after all, he Li Rupei's crossing has changed history, and the future development of history is unpredictable.

Ascending to the throne is one of Li Rupei's goals, this is undoubted, how to ascend the throne, there may be a good way or strategy at that time, but before that, try to stabilize the world of the Tang Dynasty and not let the situation worse, which is what he Li Rupei needs to do well. (To be continued......)