Xiao Yu, the Duke of Liang, gave a recital to the imperial court, as well as a joint recital between the Hexi Provincial Transit Envoy and the Hezhou Thorn History, which arrived in Chang'an before Moping's commitment to public benefit medical donation was announced, and was presented to the imperial case of the sage through the capital to the Imperial Court.

The sage Zhu criticized "reading, I think it is feasible", and transferred the chapter to the political hall.

Although the emperor has the final right to approve and veto, the emperor's opinion can only be used as a reference before the review of the guò political affairs hall and the opinions supported by the emperor have undoubtedly added the heaviest pressure to the political affairs hall.

I heard that the imperial court was discussing the public health system, and if it was feasible, Hexi Province requested that it be the first to be tried - the joint concert between the Hexi Provincial Transit Envoy and the Hezhou Thorn History said that after accounting, Hexi Province could allocate half of the annual thirty percent of the tax left in Hexi for public benefit medical treatment; Xiao Yu said in the recital that Xiao is willing to donate 500,000 yuan every year for Hexi Gongli Medical Care.

The faces of Zheng Zhizhong, the left secretary of the Chinese book, and Zhang Yizhi, the left secretary of the door, all changed, and their eyes were so cold that they seemed to devour people, and these two pieces of music were just slapping them in the face.

Pei Chang and Cui Xizhen also smiled bitterly in their hearts, they wanted to be vague first, and then relax at the critical moment, saying that they would definitely not be happy to choose a few states for trial implementation and full implementation, because the financial investment is indeed too large, once the investment is still necessary to ensure a steady stream of investment in the future, and this investment can only be increased and not reduced. The people are like this, if they don't have it, forget it, but once they have it, they can't lose it, and the small people of the empire are also very sensitive to this, and they have to be excited to reduce a share of vested interests. Therefore, it is really not a good thing to open up the wisdom of the people, all the obedient people have cultivated Diao Min, especially with the ink to speak for them, these Diao people are bold and thieves, and the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty is becoming more and more difficult to do. The two prime ministers sighed in their hearts, now in this situation, as soon as Mo Ping's promise came out, as soon as Hexi's recital was on, if they didn't hurry up and make their attitudes clear, they would have to be roasted like Zhang and Zheng on the fire. Pei Chang regretted that he didn't express his position earlier, but it was not too late to make amends, it was a big deal to try it out in all provinces, the rich provinces chose more states, and the poor provinces only chose a few points, and the focus was to discuss how much the central and local governments should give.

Li Yixun's letter to his daughter smiled:

"Your grandfather said that your father was cunning, and before Shen Zhiyuan left with your fourth brother, he used her identity to the fullest. Now the people of all ethnic groups in Hexi should know: Liang Guogong's daughter-in-law and Mrs. Xiao Shizi used her status as a disciple of Sun Yaowang to write to the court to implement the public benefit medical system for the people of the world! What will the people of Hexi think, the first thing they think about is that the Liang State Mansion is working for their welfare. Your father used Shen Zhiyuan's proposal to earn a benevolent reputation for the Xiao family, and then actively asked Hexi to be the first to implement it, for which the Xiao family is willing to donate 500,000 yuan a year, this heart for the welfare of the people of Hexi is simply visible to everyone, how can you not let the people of Hexi be grateful to Dade? Even if the imperial court agreed to build a public health care facility in Hexi, this good Shouren was also taken up by your father, and the first thing that the people of Hexi were grateful to was not the imperial court, but the Xiao family. With the Xiao family, the first family, taking the lead in donating, how dare other families and wealthy families in Hexi not donate? It is foreseeable that the public health care in Hexi Province must be established faster and implemented better than all other provinces, and who are the people of Hexi most grateful to? It's still Shaw.

"Therefore, your father is a wise man, and with the help of his strength, he only gives a small part of himself, and converts all other people's resources into his benefit--the god of wedding clothes is superb. This is Yangmou! If the imperial court knows, can it not allocate funds to Hexi to build medical care? No, otherwise the anger of the people in Hexi will be concentrated on the imperial court; Can the powerful and rich in Hexi not donate? No, because they can't offend the Xiao family, not to mention that the reputation of not supporting public interests will also cause disdain and anger among the people of Hexi. This general trend was caused by Shen Zhiyuan, but after your father was angry with Shen Zhiyuan, he did not block her proposal because of anger, but decisively and actively used this general trend, let this general trend be used for his own use, and seek the greatest benefits, which is what a calm and rational superior does. Obviously, your father is excellent at this. ”

Li Yixun recounted the matter calmly and objectively, not only sneering at Xiao Fu's treacherous tricks to seek benefits for the Xiao family, and treating the imperial court and other wealthy families in Hexi as stepping stones, but also praising him as a qualified leader of a big family.

This is one of the reasons why Xiao Yan likes his mother more and more.

Her mother is a true person, this true nature means that because she lives arbitrarily and willfully, she does not hide or pretend, and does not care about the opinions of others, if she likes it, if she doesn't like it, she doesn't like it, and she won't affect her views because of her position. She is like this to her father, not only scorning him for plotting the interests of the court, but also praising him for being calm and strategic, Xiao Yan likes this kind of one-one-two-two behavior, she herself is like this. …… In fact, she is still somewhat similar to her mother, Xiao Yan thought with a slight smile.

Because of A-Niang's calm attitude in the letter, Xiao Yan was also very calm when she read the letter. Of course, what made her calmer was that she knew that the Xiao family really wanted the people of Hexi to live well and make Hexi rich and powerful. Just as the emperors of the Tang Empire regarded "strengthening the people, educating the people, and enriching the people" as the responsibility of the monarch, they Xiao also regarded the prosperity of Hexi as their own responsibility. Because in Xiao's heart, Hexi is his own. Shaw is working hard to achieve his goal, and every step of the way is aimed at that goal.

Xiao Yan also had sorrow in his heart. She likes the empire of the Tang Dynasty, the national style of the Tang Empire, the martial arts and strength of the empire, the vigorous vitality, always moving forward, never stopping, striving to create a new one, having the courage to try new things, not afraid of difficulties and challenges, strong, firm, and broad. She thought to herself, no emperor has the courage of Gaozong, daring to create powerful vassals for his descendants, so that they can become stronger in the challenge, forge ahead, and always maintain the momentum of progress - if the Tang imperial family maintains such a style, the thousand-year-old empire that Gaozong said to create is really likely to be realized.

Xiao Yan likes this kind of Tang Dynasty, but she prefers the Xiao family, that is her family, an excellent family that gives her a deep sense of identity and belonging, sword and orchid, sharp and elegant, strong and soft, the goshawk stands on the family temple, spreading its wings to the sky. Xiao is like the national style of the Tang Dynasty, firm, strong, brave to move forward, pioneering and forging ahead, she believes that the Xiao family also has the courage of Gaozong, because there is already such a model, the Tang Dynasty is already such an empire, if the Xiao family does not challenge themselves, do not let their grandsons bear the pressure to forge ahead, even if the country is established, it will perish.

However, it is really sad that the empire that likes and the family that likes are opposites. And the people who like it are in two camps, which is even more sad.

She is familiar with history books and knows that the Western Jin Dynasty was weakened by the rebellion of the Eight Kings, and was taken advantage of by the Hu people, so there were five Hu chaos, and the north and south were divided for two hundred years, and the self-reliance of the Xiao family must be contradictory to the unification of the empire, and the Tang Dynasty will not allow Hexi to split, once this contradiction is so sharp that it cannot be contained, a civil war will break out, and the common enemies of the Tang Dynasty and Hexi will invade......

Whether it is from the relationship or from the overall situation of the family and country, Xiao Yan does not want to see this situation, but she knows that this is not something she can solve, at least not at present. Mother said, stand high and do it in the moment. Therefore, her heart must be calm, steady, and do her own thing.

In her hand, she held a post steadily.

Vermilion as blood.

This is a challenge post.

A life-and-death challenge post.

***

"What?"

The saint got up suddenly, because the action of getting up was too dramatic, and the sleeves of the wide dragon robe brushed the tea cup on the imperial table.

The tea was not poured out.

Li Yixun's face was a little pale, and he appeared in front of the imperial case in an instant, with a soft and boneless hand, and a jade finger firmly pressed the tea lid.

She doesn't focus on martial arts, but she also has the cultivation of the fusion realm, this distance has no problem for her, but the hand she withdrew trembled slightly, showing that her heart was not calm.

Her voice was calm and calm, "Ever since Seventh Brother went to Tiance Academy to see Ah Yan, I asked Chi Hong to keep an eye on him, worried about what tricks he had. But when he got home, he handed you a note asking for a leave of absence, and he didn't leave the house after that—except through the tunnels. But the academy is stared at by King Shen and King Huo, Baoshu is safe, and he is only worried about the Seventh Brother's plan, so that Baoshu has to leave the academy. Unexpectedly, it was in this way. Her eyes were slightly closed, and there was a devouring cold spreading silently under her eyes, and her slender fingers slowly clenched under her light thin sleeves.

The sage paced several steps behind his back before he calmed down and asked his daughter, "What did King Shen say?" ”

"King Shen said that the realm of the seventh brother is the consummation of the late stage of the ascending realm, and the same realm as the treasure tree, but the seventh brother has ten more years of practice, but the treasure tree exercises are special, and the deep internal strength may not be weaker than the seventh brother. Moreover, the realm of the treasure tree has already arrived, if it weren't for the damage to his divine consciousness in the Sword Array Lane, he would probably have broken through the Cave True Realm, and compared to the Seventh Brother, who was still half a step away, he was half a step ahead in the realm. Li Yixun's voice was calm, and he recounted the words sent by King Shen.

The sage frowned, but he was not relieved by King Shen's words, it was his own son who sent out the challenge post, although Xiao Yan is related to the overall situation of the world and cannot be lost, but if his son is lost, he will not regret it? The saint only felt some pain in his heart, and raised his hand to press it.

Li Yixun walked over with the cup of tea, his eyes showing concern, "Daddy." ”

The sage took the teacup and took two sips, and there was still some hot tea to warm his heart, he calmed down, turned his eyes to look at his daughter, and comforted her, "Don't worry, King Shen said so, it can be seen that Baoshu still has a good chance of winning." ”

Li Yixun closed his eyes, "I really hope Baoshu doesn't take this post." ”

The saint was silent.

Both father and daughter knew that it couldn't be.

The world of martial arts cultivation has its own rules, and some aspects are not subject to the laws of the world, such as duels between martial artists, which the government does not care. And the challenge of the same realm must be accepted, this is the unspoken rule of martial artists. Of course, you can refuse, this is not a mandatory requirement, but for martial artists, because of cowardice, if you don't accept it, you draw a hurdle in your heart, and it will be difficult to make progress in martial arts in the future. And Xiao Yan's breakthrough is imminent, if she refuses to accept the life and death post because she is afraid of death, it will be difficult for her grandmaster to succeed in breaking the realm. The sage has been planning for so long, how can Xiao Yan be allowed to be blocked by this? For Li Yixun, as long as Xiao Yan is safe, nothing else matters, but she knows Xiao Yan's dedication to martial arts, and she can't be afraid of this life-and-death challenge, and she can't refuse to accept it.

In the past, they didn't take into account that the other party used this strategy to challenge, but Xiao Yan's tempering in the Sword Array Lane had already shown shocking strength, invincible in the same realm, let people challenge? Hehe, it's to die. Even if King Wu is the top person in the consummation of the Ascending Extreme Realm, he may not be able to defeat Xiao Yan in terms of internal strength realm, but may break himself-how could he have thought that King Wu would fight so hard?

King Shen said that King Wu may want to use this battle of life and death to gain an opportunity to break through. That's a madman! But after comprehensive analysis, Xiao Yan still has the advantage, although King Shen and King Huo were surprised, he didn't have much to worry about, what he had to be careful about was the conspiracy under the other party's stage, who knows what kind of tricks will come out? And the result of this duel, no matter who dies, the consequences are heavy - this is the viciousness of this game.

The sage obviously understood this, scolded a group of bastards in his heart, and wrote a warrant called Shi Ziying, the young commander of the Crane Mansion, and ordered him to hand it to King Huo of Shen in person. He also announced that the Jing'an general Meng Keyi and the military cavalry general Murong Jue were ordered to block the dueling arena in advance and make security arrangements in advance. finally said to his daughter: "Mr. Xiao Er's side, I will be notified by God's blessing." ”

"Yes."

The saint's face was heavy.

Li Yixun's face was also very heavy.

This is a dead end, whether Xiao Yan wins or loses, it is a dead end.

……

"That's vicious."

Mr. Xiao Chi shook her wine gourd, said this sentence slowly, and disappeared in the night of Zhongnan Mountain in a light voice, but there was a silent and solemn atmosphere in the forest, so that the birds that had just returned to the nest flapped their wings and left.

Xiao Chi is the Qinling Mountains that arrived in mid-June.

In early June, Xiao Yu wrote a letter to Li Yixun, saying that he was worried that King Qi would jump over the wall in a hurry and do crazy things before Xiao Yan was promoted, and that the innate grandmaster of their Xiao clan wanted to go over and watch it closely, so as not to catch up with an accident.

But Xiao was born to enter Beijing, and he had to be allowed by the saint.

After Li Yixun entered the palace, the sage agreed, but at most two people, now in this delicate situation, if the Xiao family enters Beijing, I am afraid that it will stimulate the sensitivity of the other party and intensify the situation in which both sides are trying their best to control it. Li Yixun conveyed the meaning of the sage, and the Xiao family came to two people, Mr. Xiao Er, Mr. Xiao Chi, and Mr. Xiao Qi, Mr. Xiao Liang.

After the two entered the boundary of Jingzhaofu, they did not enter Beijing, but lived in the Zhongnan Mountain Taoist Temple in the south of Chang'an, if something happened to Xiao Yan, with the teleportation speed of the innate grandmaster, he could reach Longshouyuan with one breath, and he didn't have to enter Beijing to attract the sensitivity of the innate grandmaster of the other faction of the royal family, not to mention being more comfortable in the mountains.

As soon as Xiao Chi's words fell, Xiao Liang said in a slow and firm voice: "If King Wu dies, we will immediately escort the seventeenth back to Hexi." ”

Although the warrior is conceited in life and death on the stage of life and death, after all, King Wu is the emperor's own son, Prince Yipin, General Zuo Wuwei, if Xiao Yan kills King Wu on the platform of life and death, it is likely to cause the hatred of the entire Li royal family - this world chess game is not open to the secrets of the world, the children of the royal family do not know that the internal innate master has been divided into two factions, one group supports the saint, the other is against the saint, if Xiao Yan kills the king of Wu, although the law cannot be held accountable, but the entire royal family will regard her as an enemy, Even if the saint and King Huo of Shen can't openly defend her, of course Tiance Academy can't stay, there will be no place for Xiao Yan in the entire Chang'an, and the grandmaster of another faction of the royal family will have a legitimate reason to hunt her down.

This post of life and death is a trap.

- Defeated, Xiao Yan died. won, Xiao Yan will also be calculated, and the cooperation between the royal family and the Xiao family will also be destroyed.

This is the strategy of the other faction, they will benefit no matter whether they win or lose, and Xiao Yan and King Wu are both pawns that are used, and even King Wu's life can be paid, which may have King Wu's own willingness to break through the realm, but the other party's vicious plan is really chilling.

Neither of these endings is what the saints want to see.

But victory or defeat, life or death, there will always be an ending.