Chapter 59: A Trip to Xiangzhou

As soon as Xi Shimei's words came out, she knew that she had violated her own precepts. Not speculating on the intention or not showing the intention in front of the face is the principle of Xi Shimei's high-profile work and low-key life after entering the dynasty, which also won Xi Shimei a humble name, making him stand out among the old officials in Xichuan, and he has become a member of the party in four or five years, which is faster than Lin Yun, who reprimanded Liu Pi in person, and Duan Wenchang, who was an internal response. Xi Shimei was feeling uneasy, Li Yu and Duan Wenchang glanced at each other, and said:

"Xi Aiqing is not bad, I am going to Weibo. Aiqing knows what happened to me and who I saw when I went to Wei Bo? ”

Anyway, Shangyi has already speculated, so I don't care about one more time or one less time. Xi Shimei's heart was crossed, and he continued to speculate:

"The minister thought that the saint came here to inspect Wei Bo, and secretly did it for Ziqing. In the dark line report, Wei Botian Ji'an colluded with Li Shidao, under the banner of counterinsurgency, sent 3,000 elite soldiers to help Li Shidao guard Cheng Quan, and secretly sent thousands of soldiers to Yunzhou. Qi (Li Shidao, Ziqing is in the land of Qilu in the Warring States Period, and Wei Zhao below is the same.) ), Wei (Tian Ji'an) joined forces, and Zhao (Wang Chengzong) was about to move, and the saint came here, thinking that in order to solve the Wei Bo problem and break the alliance of Qi, Wei, and Zhao, right? It's just that Tian Ji'an is cruel and stubborn, and he doesn't know how to be human, and the saint must not summon Tian Ji'an, the minister is stupid, and he thinks about Wei Bo up and down, and he doesn't know who can influence Tian Ji'an. ”

Li Yu smiled incomprehensibly and said:

"Aiqing is really a capable minister, and he can guess it. I came here this time to solve Ziqing, but I also wanted to find an opportunity to completely solve the six states of Weibo. As Aiqing said, there is no one who can exert influence on Tian Ji'an, and Wei Bo is up and down. And Wei Bo crossed the Yellow River again, connecting Qi and Zhao, and if Wei Bo was not solved, Ziqing could not be solved. Therefore, although the war is in Ziqing, the key is in Weibo, which is also the reason why I went to Weibo. ”

What Li Yu didn't point out was that as soon as Wei Bo solved it, the Hebei problem would be easy to handle. Xi Shimei couldn't guess it, thinking that Li Yu was really going to see Tian Ji'an, and said:

"Isn't the Holy Lord really going to see Tian Ji'an? Tian Ji'an is brutal, and he always takes pleasure in burying people alive, and he is not a person who can be moved by words. Even if Zhang Liang is reincarnated, I am afraid that he will not move. If you want Tian Ji'an to be like Yu Xiangguo, Liu Shangshu and Zhang Shangshu, I am afraid that you have to use swords. The minister thought that there was no need to have much hope for the saint, and it was enough to send a minister there. If you go there in person, maybe Tian Ji'an will suddenly have the heart of a tiger and a wolf, and try in vain to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes. Please think twice. ”

Xi Shimei's words are not false words and intimidation, the predecessor of Xiangzhou, one of the six states of Weibo, was Ye, and Cao Cao, who was famous for coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, may really be affected by the earth's qi and give birth to something unpredictable. As soon as Xi Shimei said this, Li Yu really muttered in his heart, because Li Yu went to Xiangzhou on this trip, although Yecheng had been burned down by Yang Jian, who was crusading against Wei Chijiong, more than two hundred years ago, and the current Xiangzhou was reset by Yang Jian, and Cao Cao's Yecheng was still forty miles away, but Xi Shimei said this, which always made Li Yu feel like a crow's mouth. So Li Yu smiled awkwardly:

"Aiqing is too worried, what I went to see was not Tian Ji'an, but Tian Xing."

Xi Shimei was taken aback and said:

"Tian Xing? What the saint wants to see is Tian Xing, who has become a wasted person? ”

The news of Tian Xing's stroke had already been transmitted back to Chang'an, so Li Chen's decision to see Tian Xing, a small soldier who was in power and incapacitated, was unanimously opposed by the prince and the prime minister. Seeing Xi Shimei's reaction like this at this moment, Li Yu smiled slightly and asked:

"Aiqing, do you think that Tian Xing's stroke is useless?"

Xi Shimeidao:

"Since the minister arrived in Luzhou, he has read the spy reports of Chengde Weibo left by his predecessor, and he has collected a lot of them for more than a year. It's just that last year, he was released by Tian Ji'an's suspicion, and then there was news of a stroke, and he couldn't take care of things. And even if Tian Xing doesn't have a stroke, no matter how high his prestige is, Wei Bo is always in charge of Tian Ji'an, even if Tian Ji'an dies suddenly, and his son Tian Huai is here, how can Tian Xing alone influence Wei Bo? Unless, unless······"

"Unless what?"

Li Yu asked with interest. Xi Shimei lowered her voice and said:

"Unless Your Majesty instigates Tian Xing to mutiny and kills Tian Ji'an's family, it will be difficult for Tian Xing to grasp the power of Wei Bo. And if Tian Xing came to power by mutiny, he was afraid that Wei Bo would be dissatisfied, and he would lose his righteousness, and he would not be able to control Wei Bo, and it would be difficult for the court to protect him if something happened. In order to consolidate itself, it will be subject to Weibo up and down. Wei Bo is happy to deal with himself, but he is afraid that he will not be willing to obey the orders of the court. Moreover, if the news of the mutiny of the feudal towns instigated by the imperial court is known to the other towns, I am afraid that all towns will be afraid, not to mention wolf ambitions, even if they want to take a look at the limelight for the time being, they will raise troops to protect themselves. ”

Xi Shimei means that even if the imperial court wants to kill Tian Ji'an and his son, it must do a decent job, or be clean, and cannot leave a mouth or handle for others. I didn't think that Xi Shimei was really bad enough, and Li Yu thought that he would have to spend a lot of time to move this low-key festival envoy, but he didn't think that people would have a clear heart. Li Yu couldn't help but sigh:

"Who says you can't kill someone without a gun?"

What Li Chan means is that killing people is not only a mutiny, and it does not have to be above board. Xi Shimei and Duan Wenchang both understood this truth, but Li Yan's sentence was too nonsensical, and neither of them reacted. Wu Ciyou and Li Xiaozhong did not squint, and their breath was steady. Seeing that Li Yu had no intention of explaining, Xi Shimei did not delve into it, and returned to the original topic:

"What's more, a few days ago, news came out in Xiangzhou that Tian Xing had a stroke again. I'm afraid that he won't have the ability to get up and do things anymore. ”

Hearing this, Li Yu and Duan Wenchang were dumbfounded. Tian Xing had a stroke a few days ago, and that was when they were still rushing to Xiangzhou, and the facts and speculations before setting off were all useless.