Chapter 48: The Old Man
Historically, expanding territory and pacifying the world has been an extremely prestigious move in itself.
At this time, as the lord, if he does not preside over in person, this kind of fame will be gained by the courtiers.
This move will inevitably leave hidden dangers.
The courtiers whose prestige is higher than that of the lord and the lord who sit back and enjoy it will soon be in turmoil.
Lin Zhengyang knew this taboo very well, so he had attacked the four states before, and he had to drive the expedition in person in every battle, and preside over the strategy in the center.
Therefore, the sovereign personally came to the scene to inspire the Shu army, and the four states that were already broken were like a bamboo.
With the land of Yizhou, swallowing the four states of Jiaozhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, and Sizhou in one go, with the current human and financial resources, it has reached the limit, and it is to suspend the strategy and slowly digest the swallowed territory.
The front-line army has occupied the four prefectures of Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Sizhou and Jiaozhou, broken through hundreds of counties and counties, collected and surrendered troops and generals, and the army has swelled by nearly 300,000 people.
It has reached its limit, and neither food nor ordnance is enough to support continuation.
So Lin Zhengyang suspended the progress.
There is no major war on the border for the time being, but only the suppression of bandits in the territory, the consolidation of public order, the pacification of the people, and so on, and these things are carried out in an orderly manner.
Some surrenders and generals, as well as subordinates, also need to be resettled, these are urgent things.
It is precisely because there is no big war for the time being, so Lin Zhengyang, as the main monarch, can return to the base camp in Shuzhong and have more room to survive the thunder tribulation.
Winter thunder is a good time.
sent Zhou Zhu away, Lin Zhengyang put aside the government affairs around him for the time being, and ordered the middle-aged civil official Li Xian to stay.
"The son of Wang Zunzhi, the former envoy of Wenyang Mansion, has Wang Shoutian been rescued?"
Li Xian lowered his head and responded:
"Back to the king, Wang Shoutian was captured by the Hu people, imprisoned in a private prison, and when I arrived, the Hu people guarding there had slaughtered most of the prisoners, including Wang Shoutian's wife and mother, the Wang family of 66 people, only he was the only one."
Lin Zhengyang touched his forehead with his hand, as if he had thought of something, and asked:
"Wang Shoutian's wife, I remember that it is the family of Shudi merchants, the daughter of the Song family, right?"
"Yes······· It is rumored that after Wang Shoutian was captured by the Hu people, this woman wore single clothes in the rain outside in winter, and died of illness not long ago. ”
"What a strange woman!"
Lin Zhengyang couldn't help but admire.
Falling into the hands of the Hu people, this woman was able to commit suicide decisively in order to avoid implicating her mother, even at this time, she was also a great strange woman.
Wang Shoutian was originally the illegitimate son of Wang Zunzhi, the envoy of the festival, and held a town and three counties.
And this Li Chengye is the son-in-law of Wang Zunzhi.
The two were even commensurate with each other for a time.
Wang Shoutian also has three years of great luck, although there is no dragon vein support, but he can be regarded as a good person.
If he knew how to lay a solid foundation at that time, coupled with the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, he would not have had a chance to suppress Li Chengye.
After all, the dragon vein supported by Li Chengye is just an ordinary dragon vein in Shudi.
The radius is only sixty miles, and the dragon vein riverbed only has red and yellow gas, and only a trace of purple gas is slightly spit out in the center.
This kind of dragon vein, placed in the land of a county, is not trivial, if it is placed in the entire Shu land, it is just ordinary.
If it weren't for a trace of purple qi in the core, this dragon vein would not be able to produce a hidden dragon.
Purple gas, the king's breath also.
Only if you can get this kind of qi can you have the share of the king.
Only when there is purple gas in the dragon vein, can the hidden dragon come out and be precious.
Li Chengye was actually lucky, and he was not as good as Wang Zunzhi, who held a town at that time.
Even Wang Shoutian, who later succeeded to Wenyang Mansion, was actually only slightly inferior to Li Chengye, and he was actually able to occupy a certain advantage by relying on righteousness.
Replaced by a hero, relying on the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, the Li family would have been killed a long time ago.
Not to mention that it is just a small dragon vein, it is the support of the real dragon Universiade, and it cannot be used without the support of the army.
Don't you see how lucky Zhu Yuanzhang is, how much more than ten times a hundred times compared to Li Chengye?
However, in Guo Zixing, he is also controlled everywhere, if it weren't for his wife Ma, who was Guo Zixing's righteous daughter, she turned around for him many times, and it was inevitable that Guo Zixing would be jealous.
No matter how great luck is, it is just luck, and in front of the righteousness of the monarch and the army, it can play an extremely limited role.
In fact, real dragons are killable, and hidden dragons are even more so.
The true dragon before the rise can be strangled, and the true dragon emperor after the rise has mastered the power and has an army to protect him, but he can still be assassinated and killed.
As long as you are not afraid of the price and do not hesitate to sacrifice, any atmospheric transporter can be killed.
Because luck does not represent strength.
So Wang Shoutian at the beginning actually had a way to slaughter the Li family.
It's a pity that this person first took power, Wang Zunzhi died of illness and early, and he never had time to teach him, in the end, he was still a teenager, and it was difficult to convince the public.
In addition, he has a shallow foundation, no family lineage, and even his wife is not optimistic, and he has not given much help.
In the end, Li Chengye, the hidden dragon who was buried in the dragon's lair by his ancestors, took the opportunity to seize the foundation, and conquered Shu with the land of two towns and became the king of Shu.
Judging from here, Li Chengye really owes him a lot·······
"Wang Shoutian······ This king is gone, and you wait until you settle him. ”
"If he asks for anything, try to satisfy him as much as possible, and don't treat him harshly."
"Hey, speaking of which, this king seized Wenyang Mansion as a son-in-law back then, and he really owed it to his royal family!"
"Although the world doesn't say it, the king himself is also ashamed, and it is embarrassing to meet now, so it's better not to see it!"
"When the world is calm, it is necessary to give him a **** knight, and now let it go for the time being, just a courtesy."
"Thou shalt tell him all these words of mine truthfully, that he may be reassured."
Lin Zhengyang waved his hand and said:
"Wang Shoutian's matter, so be it······ Now that this king occupies the land of the four states and has an army of nearly 300,000 under his command, can he not be tolerated? ”
"Hey, some people want to see this king's jokes, but they really underestimate this king·······"
"You go first, this king wants to be quiet."
"Don't be disturbed, and I won't see any outsiders today."
"Yes!"
Li Xian remembered the orders of the king below, bowed and retreated.
As a close minister of the King of Shu, he is actually the chief officer of the black-clothed guard, responsible for spying, espionage, and secretly handling some private affairs for the King of Shu.
Looking for Wang Shoutian before, he was ordered to go, but this person's identity is sensitive and difficult to deal with, so he can only temporarily offer first
Now that he has received the king's order, he knows what to do with Wang Shoutian.
First of all, it is natural to be courteous, and secondly, it is natural that some people must be stationed to protect it.
It's not about surveillance, it's just to prevent Wang Shoutian from being used as a raft by some well-intentioned people and causing some trouble.
After all······ When the king of Shu was not the son-in-law of the envoy of Wenyang Mansion, he was nominally subordinate to him as a courtier.
If you really want to think about it, Wang Zunzhi passed on the throne back then, but it was still the heir Wang Shoutian, but Li Chengye, as a son-in-law, seized the Wenyang Mansion of his brother-in-law, and it was inevitable that he would not be in the right position.
Although the son-in-law is his son, he is a foreign surname, which is also a stain when investigated.
Although the king of Shu has now become a general trend, this little thing cannot shake the royal industry at all, but it has a bad impact in the end.
As a king, he may not care, but Li Xian, who is subordinate to the people, is in charge of the Thirteen Divisions, but he can't ignore the things within the authority of this kind of thing.
Some necessary precautions must be taken.
Even if it's not out of malice.
It is also a way of preservation.
I think that Wang Shoutian should also understand.