In the letter before he died, he not only guessed that Baili Wuji would feel guilty for his suicide, but also fought for his posthumous honor, and even the nickname he chose by himself - Wen Yi.

And Xu Shiming did everything Feng Dao asked him to do, and he had already asked Lu Xiaocui to enter the palace to see Gao Rongrong and say something.

In the opinion of Feng Dao and Xu Shiming.

The emperor can never be wrong, and since he can't be wrong, he is right.

Since it is right, once Feng Dao is canonized, it is equivalent to declaring to the world that the power of the old officials and the power of the new officials are equal, so that since they are equal, there is no question of who overpowers whom, and since there is no who overpowers whom, then the world is peaceful, and everything is as it is, and everyone is happy.

Maybe after the Ming riot in Zhongshu Province, it will be peaceful from now on, because the next Ming country will usher in a happy event, that is, the emperor of the Ming Kingdom will take a concubine.

This concubine is naturally Duan Foyin, the princess of Dali.

And once the rite is completed, Dali will send an envoy to the Ming State to submit a letter of surrender, since then, the world is unified, the four seas are surrendered, and the Ming State will be thriving, for thousands of generations.

What could be more exciting?

Xu Shiming's face was sad because of Feng Dao's suicide, but his heart was inexplicably excited.

This has nothing to do with morality, even if it is Xu Shiming who needs to commit suicide, as long as he can change the emperor's mind, Xu Shiming can still commit suicide with a smile and no regrets.

Dying for the country and the emperor is an obligation, an obligation as a courtier.

Baili Wuji heard the news of Feng Dao's suicide, just as Feng Dao expected. I really can't bear it.

He knew in his heart that no matter how serious the rebellion in Zhongshu Province was, it would not matter whether it was a new official or an old official. They had no intention of rebelling, and they did not control the situation at the first time, but wanted to wait until the situation was big before they could quell the chaos, so as to purge those old officials.

Xu Shiming is right, punishing without teaching is tyrannical.

It is undoubtedly a matter of condemnation to death for these officials to convict them of treason before they have committed the crime of treason.

Typical trumped-up charges.

But that's what politics is all about. If you really wait until these old officials are full-fledged, then the pain that the Ming Kingdom will suffer will probably be ten or even a hundred times stronger, and then it will not be the rebellion in Zhongshu Province. It's a national turmoil.

Baili Wuji is not a god, and he cannot control the more than one million troops of the Ming Kingdom one by one.

The armies of the state capitals were in the hands of the state defense envoys, and a considerable part of these defense envoys were adapted from the original jiedu envoys or military towns, and nominally belonged to the imperial court. But if Baili Wuji really ordered to transfer and adapt. The resistance can be imagined.

Over the years, he has expanded his territory without breathing, and the fight has been painful, but the sequelae have gradually been exposed.

North of the Yangtze River, especially north of the Yellow River, as well as Zhao Kuangyin's Tubo, and a large number of chaotic people who migrated to Zhubu, this is a chaotic situation that cannot be solved in a short time.

Baili Wuji wants to change it, but governance is by no means as refreshing and neat as war. Just as it is far easier to destroy than to build.

It was originally planned to sweep away the Dali Kingdom in the name of reorganizing the Ming army. Gather and reorganize the scattered armies in various states, start with the collection of military power, and gradually rectify the rule of officials.

Therefore, this war against Dali must be fought, only when the war is fought, can Baili Wuji stand on the moral height, the reorganization of the state army, after all, foreign war, is the only way to unite people's hearts.

Otherwise, if the defense envoys of the states are ordered to hand over their military power for no reason, there will be a suspicion of unloading the mill and killing the donkey, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

Baili Wuji first used a jar of wine to settle the Baili Yi and Baili Kang brothers who were in charge of the new army, and then used the Zhou sisters to get Zhou Zong, so as to obtain Xu Shiming and others to agree to their idea of conquering Dali in person.

Everything is ready, but it's a pity that the arrival of Sister Duan Foyin caught Baili Wuji off guard, attacking a country that sincerely asked for surrender, and any reason seemed so pale.

Baili Wuji looked at Xu Shiming's lowered head and asked coldly, "Did Feng Dao leave a message before he went?" ”

Feng Dao committed suicide, but no one would believe that Feng Dao would commit suicide, as the so-called yellow mud fell in the crotch of his pants, it was not but.

As long as the news of Feng Dao's death was made public, combined with the riots in Zhongshu Province, and then the Imperial Forest Army cleared the field, and finally a large number of officials were imprisoned.

Everyone will guess that Feng Dao was forced to death by Baili Wuji, and it is even likely that he will be given a glass of poisoned wine, or even killed directly, presumably by suicide.

Anyway, this black pot has to be carried without being carried, but if you carry it, you have to appease everyone and so on.

That's politics.

Xu Shiming didn't answer, just took Feng Dao's letter out of his sleeve and presented it to Baili Wuji.

This was beyond Feng Dao's expectations before he died, this letter was originally given by Feng Dao to Xu Shiming, he thought that no matter how loyal Xu Shiming was to Baili Wuji, but in this kind of matter closely related to his own interests, Xu Shiming would stand the same position as himself, if this letter was shown to Baili Wuji, it would be equivalent to "selling" Feng Dao.

In fact, there are only two things stated in the letter, one is to ask Xu Shiming to persuade Baili Wuji to canonize himself as King Ying and pursue Wenyi; The second is to ask Xu Shiming to order Lu Xiaocui to lobby Gao Rongrong and say something for Duan Foyin's entry into the palace.

As long as these two things fall into the eyes of Baili Wuji, the consequence will be that all of Feng Dao's arrangements will not be broken from now on.

Feng Dao damn it.

Feng Dao is Feng Dao, he can't become Xu Shiming.

The reason why Feng Dao is inferior to Xu Shiming is because he can't tell which one should be done and which one can't even be touched.

Xu Shiming understands very well that even if he has made great contributions, has great achievements that no one can compare with the ministers of the Ming Kingdom, even if he has this or that dissatisfaction, even if he has interests that can be fair and justifiable, but if he leaves Baili Wuji, then everything will disappear.

No matter how great the credit is, it is also in the Ming court, if Baili Wuji is gone, and the Ming Kingdom is gone, is Xu Shiming still Xu Shiming?

Xu Shiming has self-knowledge, although he has a hand in politics and internal affairs, but in the military, he is only slightly involved, in this era, he can't control the army and control the power, except for climbing a big tree like Baili Wuji, otherwise it is tantamount to suicide.

Even if Xu Shouren helped him, his prestige in the new army was not even as high as Ding Sijing's, and he couldn't control the whole army at all. What's more, although Xu Shouren is his own righteous son, he has always grown up with Baili Wuji. When he really wants to make a choice, Xu Shiming believes that Xu Shouren will definitely stand on the side of Baili Wuji.

Xu Shiming understood this truth very well, so he presented Feng Dao's letter to Baili Wuji.

It's a gesture and a stance.

It's all in plain sight. (To be continued......)