After smiling and comforting Shen Shiming on the phone, Li Yongji, who hung up the phone, suddenly closed his eyes, crossed his hands, and leaned his body deeply on the back of the chair.

At this moment, Soho, who had a big belly and was accompanied by two ladies, happened to walk in from outside, with a smile on his face, as if he wanted to talk to him, but after seeing his appearance, he suddenly closed his mouth.

Not only that, Soho also shook his head at the two ladies beside him, and then retreated softly and left the study, and the two ladies did not dare to come out, for fear of making a little noise.

The reason why this is so is because Soho, as a person around him, knows a lot of Li Yongji's daily habits, and knows that every time he looks like this, it means that he has encountered a problem, and whenever he has a problem that he doesn't understand, and he wants to think about it for a long time, he will unconsciously become like this, a small habit that belongs to him.

In fact, it is true that Li Yongji is indeed encountering a problem now, and the initiator of this problem is Shen Shiming.

The phone call between him and Shen Shiming just now was very long, nearly two hours, during which most of the time Shen Shiming was talking, mainly to state some of his governance in China during this period, and in the end, although he openly pleaded guilty, saying that he had changed many of the policies formulated by Li Yongji at the beginning, but in fact he was showing off his political achievements, and wanted Li Yongji to recognize his governance methods, and it was best to reward him with a knighthood.

It's hard to be embarrassed by Shen Shiming's eloquence, and he forcibly mixed so much content together harmoniously, so that Li Yongji could understand what the other party meant. I don't feel abrupt, and what is even more rare is that the whole article is in the vernacular that Li Yongji can understand. It's no longer like in the past, and it brings out some classical Chinese at every turn.

In this regard, Li Yongji naturally didn't say anything else, but just praised him according to his meaning, saying that he governed the country well.

After that, Li Yongji said that there were indeed some problems with his previous national policy, and he could not change the established laws and regulations. We will be flexible and flexible in order to stabilize the domestic government and make the domestic economy thrive. It is indeed indispensable, and there will be a heavy reward when he goes back, so that he can put 10,000 hearts down.

Although Li Yongji was in a good mood on the surface, not only did he not blame Shen Shiming for making decisions without permission. also praised the other party. But in fact, Li Yongji was quite unhappy in his heart.

The reason is very simple, that is, he doesn't blame Shen Shiming's streamlined reforms, he only blames the other party for hiding these reforms from him, and he has been hiding them for more than two years!

Two years, not two months, not two weeks, not even two days, so many days. As the prime minister of the empire, Shen Shiming has been hiding from him that he has made so many big moves in the country, and he didn't know about this until today. What does this mean? It shows that his control over the country has been greatly weakened!

That's right, Li Yongji is not in China most of the time now, but he has a radio and can talk to Shen Shiming and other important ministers on the phone at any time, so it is said that if there is a problem with the domestic policy and wants to make some improvements, what Shen Shiming and others should do is not hide it from him, but report the application first, and wait for Li Yongji to agree before doing it.

In particular, Shen Shiming's simplifying government reform similar to the rule of inaction is actually the same as the policy of replacing the rule of law with the rule of man vigorously promoted when Shen Shiming first became prime minister.

Therefore, it is not a problem to carry out reform or reform, the root of the problem is that Prime Minister Shen Shiming did not tell Li Yongji that the emperor, is it so difficult to make a phone call to say this kind of thing?

Moreover, even if it is not clear on the phone, Li Yongji has not been staying in North America for more than two years, and he has quietly returned to China on a speedboat several times before, until Li Yongji landed in New Orleans with his troops and officially intervened in the Civil War, he did not return to China because of time, but that was only a little more than a year.

In other words, if Li Yongji did not have time to return to China during his intervention in the Civil War and had no way of knowing Shen Shiming's reform plan, then earlier, that is, before Li Yongji officially sent troops from the Red Fort in Hollywood to New Orleans, he returned to China in advance, and at that time Shen Shiming could have told him about it, after all, Shen Shiming was already doing it secretly at that time.

But no, Shen Shiming, as the prime minister, when he met Li Yongji that time, he just kept shouting and asking for warmth, caring about this and worrying about that, and never mentioned this matter at all.

To put it mildly, this matter can be big or small, if it is more serious, it is already a crime of defrauding the king, Shen Shiming will not fail to understand this truth, but why did he do it? Did he really think that he would be so generous that he would not blame him for making the decision on his own?

In fact, Li Yongji didn't think much about it at first, but when Shen Shiming vaguely began to ask for the title, he suddenly felt that something was not right, after all, it was not bad if he didn't blame Shen Shiming for what he did, and he actually dared to show off his exploits to himself, and then ask for the title, which is no longer something that ordinary people can do.

Listening to Shen Shiming's words, combined with the previous events, Li Yongji realized that unconsciously, he began to be unfamiliar with everything in China.

Many things are afraid to think too much, and the more Li Yongji thinks about it, the more complicated he feels, because he thinks again, Shen Shiming is doing this without himself, but with such a big move, why didn't the CIA people pass on any news to him? Even if the people in the CIA are blind and don't hear about this, what about the Internal Affairs Office? What about Queen Yin Susu? Didn't they hear from them at all?

The more he thought about it, the more chaotic he became, the more irritated he became, Li Yongji simply left his chair and walked around the room with his hands behind his back, and finally, he decided to talk about this matter with Zhang Xinda in another time and space.

The reason why I talked to him was because of habit, and Li Yongji didn't want people around him to know about this kind of thing, so he found his old friend and old partner, and Zhang Xinda, who did not have much conflict of interest with him.

In this way, when Li Yongji told Zhang Xinda the news he heard and his own concerns, Zhang Xinda smiled coldly: "This still needs to be asked." Obviously, your prime minister has bad intentions and is testing you. ”

"Heart, ill-intentioned? Test me? "Sure enough. After hearing what the other party said, Li Yongji's face changed greatly, "Why do you say that?" ”

"I don't believe you can't think of it, it's just that you don't want to think about it." Zhang Xinda clicked his mouth, took another sip of tea, moistened his throat, and cleared his throat. Only then did he say slowly, "The so-called human heart is unpredictable, you see." In a modern society with developed information, there is no absolute loyalty and trust between people, so why must the prime minister you are looking for be loyal to you?

Well, even if you knew him before. He is faithful to you. But people can change, especially after gaining power, the change of people's hearts is even more unpredictable.

It's fine if you've been in control of the overall situation at home, but how long have you been in the country, and you've been running out of the country with all your heart to personally lead troops to intervene in the American Civil War, and this time it's been more than three years, and even your wife and children are unfamiliar, right?

Hum. In the modern world, you are living apart for a long time. If you are away on business for a long time, generally speaking, the top of your head will turn green......"

"Hey!" Hearing him say this, Li Yongji's eyes suddenly narrowed, "It's a bit too much, besides, this is the nineteenth century, I believe in Su Su's character, and I am the emperor, and no one has the courage to do this!" ”

"Yes, yes, the people of your time were simple, and you were still the emperor, high up, but so what?" Zhang Xinda pursed his lips, "Don't forget, you have been away from the center for many years, and you have been abroad during this period, do you dare to guarantee that there will be no changes in China?" You don't really think that radio communication is foolproof, do you? If you were to say that, there wouldn't be so many coups in modern society! ”

Hearing this, Li Yongji's face gradually became gloomy: "You mean, my prime minister is no longer reliable, he, he is going to rebel?" What you told me before, are you trying to test me? ”

"I'm not sure, but it's possible, and it's very likely." Zhang Xinda no longer looked like a hanger, but became equally serious, "Think about it, how high and powerful is the prime minister of a country, how can he be good if he is not delicate?" Even if there is a problem with the national policy you formulated at the beginning and it needs to be improved, he can ask you first and get your approval before doing it, which is the correct procedure!

But the problem is, he is hiding from you that this kind of prelude is not a particularly urgent matter, with his IQ, how could he normally make such a big mistake?

Therefore, since he wanted to hide this from you at the beginning, he was already wrong-hearted, and his heart could be punished, and now he confessed to you and pleaded guilty, it can be said that he feels that he can't hide it, so he has to say that he deliberately used this matter to test you and test your attitude towards him. ”

"Test my attitude towards him?" Li Yongji's eyes moved.

"That's right." Zhang Xinda nodded, "I guess I can guess from your appearance, the other party just wants to see how you will treat him after saying this, and then formulate a strategy to deal with you according to your attitude." ”

"It's really full of conspiracy theories when you say that." Li Yongji suddenly smiled, "But the question is, why did he do this, or rather, how dare he do this, isn't he afraid that I will settle accounts after the autumn?" After all, the military power has always been in my hands. ”

"You can pull it down." Zhang Xinda shook his head, "I really don't know where you got your confidence, the military power has always been in your hands, why do you think that the current domestic military power is still in your hands?" Just those high-ranking generals who have mastered radio communications? How can you be sure that they don't change their minds? How can you be sure that everyone remains the same? ”

"This ......" Li Yongji suddenly fell silent, "You mean that those high-ranking domestic generals I designated will all cooperate with me to rebel?" ”

"I can only say that there is a possibility." Zhang Xinda smiled, "It's still the same sentence, you have been away from the power center of the empire for too long, for such a long time, who dares to guarantee that there will be no change at all?" Especially since the empire you built has just been founded, and it is the most sensitive time for power and profit, how can you be sure that no one is interested in the emperor's throne?

Don't forget, you still have a cheap brother in China, if you have three long and two short, hehe......"

Hearing this, Li Yongji's brows immediately furrowed: "You want to say that my cheap brother has colluded with my prime minister?" Then, I also colluded with those high-ranking generals and tried to plot against me. Seeking the Emperor's Throne? ”

"All I can say is that it's possible." Zhang Xinda said, "The throne of the Chinese emperor is not ordinary and tempting. How many people have lost their eyes because of this, why are you so confident that others dare not expect it?

If you've been staying in the country, it's fine, but you go abroad so quickly regardless of it, and you go out for so long, this is a clear opportunity for others, even if you only have a heartbeat. was tossed by you, and I was also moved by seven or eight distractions.

Besides, it's up to you. You have to plan for the worst for everything, be naïve or something, and don't doubt that the statement is not suitable for you, and doubt everything. It's the basic quality that a king must have. ”

"yes. Doubt everything. Li Yongji suddenly exhaled, "Actually, I don't need to say it, I vaguely feel that there seem to be some changes in the country that I don't know, and I always feel that something is wrong, especially after the lobbyist who came to murder me some time ago...... Well, according to you, what do I do now? ”

"Fiction is real, reality is fiction. Don't trust others and don't let others grasp your specific dynamics. Especially your Prime Minister. Zhang Xinda smiled, "Anyway, you are the founding emperor, your identity and prestige are there, and most of the army also listens to you."

As long as you live, your prestige will be able to subdue everyone and make everyone dare not act rashly. Therefore, there is only one way for those who have bad intentions to successfully plot the throne, and that is to kill you by surprise attack or assassination, and as long as you die, they will have a chance to ascend to the throne.

Therefore, as long as you can return to China peacefully, don't give the other party a chance to assassinate you, and regain military power before the other party launches, take the lead in launching a great purge, remove a group of officials you don't trust, and replace a group of new people to power, the situation can still be controlled. And among them, your prime minister is definitely going to be taken down, under severe torture, you can't ask anything if you don't believe it. ”

"Listen to you, do you think there's something wrong with my prime minister?" Li Yongji said.

"Isn't it?" Zhang Xinda said, "Okay, even if I wronged him, so what, if I am wronged, I will be wronged, anyway, this prime minister has been taken down, you can still get a new one, and it's not that you can't leave him." On the contrary, your safety comes first, and when your life is gone, there is nothing! ”

"I know what you say." Li Yongji shook his head, "Actually, I have also considered these, but my biggest worry is my wife and children." After all, after all this time, it's hard to say what the situation is in the country, and what should I do if they take them hostage? ”

"Achieving great things is not informal." Zhang Xinda said, "It's still the same sentence, you can have everything when you live, and your wife and children can be safe, if your woman's kindness compromises, not only your life can't be saved, but your wife and children can't be saved."

Besides, as long as you act quickly, get accurate information in advance, and then quickly regain control of the court and protect your wife and children, things will not be so bad.

Hehe, you don't need me to teach you how to do it, do you? All I can say is that if you need any weapons and equipment, if you want to arm the counterinsurgency, I will do my best to help. ”

"Come on." Li Yongji suddenly laughed, "What is the situation is not necessarily, the result makes it seem that someone you said is really going to rebel, maybe things are not so bad, maybe it's just my suspicion." ”

"Hmph, do you believe this?" Zhang Xinda pursed his lips, "If you were really so optimistic and trusted the other party so much, you wouldn't tell me this, right?" ”

Hearing his words, Li Yongji was silent for a while, and then suddenly said, "You say, am I too willful?" Am I a failure? ”

"It's okay." Zhang Xinda shrugged his shoulders, "Anyway, I think it's okay, at least you still know how to reflect, if you become pretentious because of your identity as a time-traveler and your space-time trading system, thinking that the whole world revolves around you and can do everything you want, then it is really hopeless."

So, although in my opinion, you are not the best to do as a traverser, but at least it can be regarded as above the midstream, which is very good, at least, you seized the opportunity to dismember the United States in advance, and remove one of the biggest competitors for the future of China, only this point, many people are not as good as you. ”

"Thank you for saying that, I'm in a much better mood." Li Yongji smiled slightly, "Well, I think, I know what to do next." (To be continued......)