"You speak first."

After he finished speaking, he looked at me quietly.

I looked at the face that was almost completely hidden in the shadows, and was also watched by the eyes that couldn't see what kind of eyes it was, and said softly: "This time the light cold boy left Yangzhou, I don't know what the next situation in Yangzhou will be." ”

“……”

He didn't speak, but somehow, I felt as if he was relieved.

However, at the center of the eyebrows, the folds seem to be deeper.

He said slowly: "When I was arrested and imprisoned, Feng Xi came to visit me, and he told me that His Majesty the Emperor would still let him stay in Yangzhou - especially, after Yuan Zhen left, if my charges could not be cleared, the situation in Yangzhou would slowly become tense, so Yangzhou Mansion must be transformed into a military and political integration." Therefore, the military and political power of Yangzhou, His Majesty the Emperor will be handed over to him. ”

"Then, the measures that Childe instituted in the first place—"

"Xiao Gui Cao Sui."

As soon as these four words came out, I immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Yangzhou's military and political affairs will be handed over to Wen Fengxi, which is certainly the safest measure at the moment, but Wen Fengxi is a soldier after all, and how to govern one side will not be his forte. But if he maintains Liu Qinghan's previous policies and does not change, then for the time being, Jiangnan will not be chaotic.

But—

Jiangnan returns to Jiangnan.

What's more, Jiangnan is chaotic or not, and the initiative is not entirely in the hands of Yangzhou Mansion, even if Wen Fengxi wants to maintain the stability of Jiangnan, but once Jinling sends troops and the war is raging together, then the whole situation is not something he can control.

In this way, it is actually even more strange, because Pei Yuanhao almost handed over the entire Jiangnan, or the entire Central Plains, to Jinling, and he was completely in a passive defensive position, but this is really not his style of doing things, he has a great desire to control, and even his personality is violent and manic, and he is not a person who will be beaten passively at all.

But the current facts are exactly like this.

Even Wei Ningyuan said that he focused on the New Deal and put the cart before the horse, but now it seems that there is indeed some truth.

When I asked the doubts in my heart, Liu Qinghan just turned around lightly and walked forward slowly, I also kept up with his pace as just now, and the two of them walked while he said slowly: "Do you know that after the teacher was ordered to leave Tianmu Temple and go north to Beijing, he had a long conversation with His Majesty the Emperor for a night. ”

"Oh?"

"His Majesty the Emperor originally wanted to let the teacher appear, but the teacher refused, and he was only willing to enter the Jixian Hall to preach and teach. However, he proposed several guidelines to His Majesty the Emperor. ”

I hurriedly asked, "Which ones?" ”

"The first is to rectify the rule of officials and eliminate ills."

I thought about it for a while, and immediately said: "So, after the teacher entered Beijing, he opened Enke, and took down some old ministers from the six departments." ”

"This is just an introduction, the most important thing that the teacher mentioned is to cut off the power of foreign relatives."

"The Shen family?"

He glanced at me and didn't speak, and I suddenly understood-not only the Shen family, but also Pei Yuanhao's harem, how many harem concubines' family members held important positions in the court, not to mention anything else, Queen Chang Qing, and Nangong Lizhu's family members, almost all of them held important positions.

It's just that, for the sake of face, although Pei Yuanhao pulled out the wings of the Shen family, he showed mercy to Chang Taishi and Nangong Jinhong's forces, after all, they have not yet reached the point where they are as powerful as Shen Gongyi before, and the two sides also have checks and balances on each other, but they are still the forces that Fu Badai is committed to fighting, and it is no wonder that Chang Taishi is quite hostile to Liu Qinghan.

"What about the second one?"

"The second is to pay attention to people's livelihood."

I immediately understood that Pei Yuanhao had already started to depose the untouchable people in the provinces south of the Yangtze River, and Liu Qinghan proposed to change the tax system.

This alone has kept them busy for so many years.

However, if Pei Yuanhao really has the heart to let the Central Plains usher in a new prosperous era, this is a must.

The so-called prosperous era needs to be prosperous and prosperous, and the premise of this must be that the country is rich and the people are strong, but the Central Plains has experienced the southward movement of the grassland tribes and the invasion of wars for decades, which can be described as the withering of all industries and the withering of people's livelihood; And the two richest areas - Yangzhou and Chengdu have their own hidden dangers, Jiangnan and other places have been burdened with the plundering of Shengjing for decades, Xichuan has been separated from the rule of the imperial court, and it has been for decades, the main source of taxes for the imperial court is these two places, since ancient times, there is a saying that Yang one benefits two, but they have not fully served the imperial court, which has caused the weakening of the imperial court's strength, in this case, if you do not recuperate, and still oppress the common people with heavy forced labor, then the so-called national wealth and people are strong, rich and strong can not be talked about at all.

And they have been under tremendous pressure to implement the new policy in recent years, and it is from this point that they have proceeded.

It can be said that Fu Badai, who is blind, put forward this article, which can be described as extremely incisive, and he can see it more clearly than many people.

I couldn't help but nod and sigh softly, and asked again, "What else?" ”

Liu Qinghan said: "The third is that within fifteen years, there will be no large-scale wars in the frontier. ”

I pursed my lips and didn't speak.

In fact, this point cannot be regarded as an accident, or it is simply for the sake of the people's livelihood in Article 2. The Central Plains Dynasty has experienced decades of war, coupled with the chaotic situation faced by Pei Yuanhao after he ascended the throne, as Wei Ningyuan said before, "There are grassland barbarians in the north, and the prince in the south is in the south of the Yangtze River".

Then, it is no wonder that in the tense situation at sea before, he didn't take the initiative to fire at Pei Yuanxiu.

After all, that move would implicate the entire Central Plains in the flames of war.

But-

I said softly: "To fight or not to fight, in fact, it is not all up to the emperor. ”

Liu Qinghan nodded and said: "This is natural, originally what the teacher wanted to propose was not to reward military exploits and not to promote military generals, but His Majesty the Emperor had doubts about this article, and after thinking about it again and again, he finally regressed." ”

I smiled faintly -- Fu Badai put forward this article, that is, not to reward the merits of the war and to prevent the use of force, which is also necessary in the current situation.

It's just that it is impossible for a person of Pei Yuanhao's character to fully accept it, and he will accept that there will be no large-scale war on the frontier within fifteen years, which is already rare.

Therefore, Wen Fengxi couldn't make military merits in the territory, Tu Shuhan drove away the cavalry of the Eastern Chahe Division, and he didn't dare to take advantage of the victory to pursue, so he only held on in Longnan, and even fought with the soldiers and horses of Xichuan and Shengjing to earn military merits before, and he was so cautious, not for no reason.

I thought about it for a while and said, "That boy thinks that this idea of the teacher can be maintained?" ”

There will be no large-scale wars on the frontier within fifteen years, and Pei Yuanhao will not use troops externally, but will foreign races and hostile forces always be calm?

After I asked this sentence, Liu Qinghan stopped.

"No way."

“……”

His Majesty the Emperor was also very aware of this, so he asked Feng Xi to stay in Yangzhou. And now—"

He glanced back at me, his eyes flickered for a moment, and then said softly: "The big war is about to break out." ”

“……！”

I was stabbed in the heart.

The big war is on the verge of breaking out!

recalled what Rue Xiang said that the night before yesterday, Jinling sent troops and almost used force against the warships in Yangzhou on the river, which was already a precursor.

It's just that if the so-called name is not right, words will not go well, and if words are not good, things will not be accomplished, and my escape cannot be an excuse for Jinling to use force, at least not a high-sounding excuse for going to war, because on the day I fled, Pei Yuanxiu married Han Ruoshi, and this excuse could not support a war under any circumstances.

So, this time there was no fight.

But if you don't fight this time, it doesn't mean that you can't fight every time, as long as you have the heart to fight, there is always a chance to ignite the flames of war!

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but frown.

Because I know that if the war is together, it will not stop at the south of the Yangtze River.

On the Shengjing side, although Huang Tianba has been suppressing Luo Shi, we all know that it is only temporary, and no one can say when Luo Shi, a war maniac, will pick up his iron halberd again; And Xichuan, Yan Qingchen, although he had the possibility of peace talks with the imperial court before, but all the possibilities were based on his favor, once the imperial court was at a disadvantage in the north-south war, it was absolutely impossible for Xichuan to come to the snow.

But the problem now is that it is only a matter of time before Jinling speaks war against the imperial court, as soon as the south fires, Shengjing will definitely send troops, and once the imperial court falls into the situation of using troops from the north and south, Xichuan will definitely give up peace talks!

I raised my head and glanced at Liu Qinghan.

He entered Sichuan this time and accepted Yan Qinghan's industry, which is of extraordinary significance.

At the same time, two figures also appeared in my mind - Shen Xiaokun and Wei Ningyuan.

Their forces have been operating in the Jiujiang area for several years, and they are no longer the same as the small group of mountain bandits who controlled a small Crouching Tiger Village, and when the time comes, they may really need to suppress it.

And Shengjing's side -

At this moment, I suddenly remembered something, and suddenly a cold sweat broke out on my back.

The Iron Mask King!

I clearly remember that on crossing the sea and flying clouds, I told him about Huang Tianba's life experience, and also explained the situation Huang Tianba was in at the moment, at that time, the Iron Mask King was almost really pale, and I even clearly remembered that the words he said word by word gritted his teeth were also echoing in my ears at this moment-

The nephew of the Iron Mask King shouldn't be bullied like this!

Not to mention the Eight Heavenly Kings, even if it is the real Heavenly King Lao Tzu, it can't!

……

I can imagine the fury in his heart at that time, after all, the Queen Mother is his only cherished sister, and Huang Tianba is his only relative in this world, but he survives in such a situation, of course he can't tolerate it, but there are more important things to deal with at that time, he is eager to use the fire-breathing mountains on Tianquan Island to trap and kill all those who want to find the Franco cannon to start a war, so he put that matter down for the time being.

However, only temporarily!

After that, Pei Yuanhao's Zhoushan Master and Pei Yuanxiu's fleet appeared on the sea, and Feiyun quickly disappeared into the rough East China Sea, and no one knows where he went after that.

But—

I seem to know now!

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