"Cai joins the army, do you think I should listen to Li Boshan's advice?"

After the end of this meeting, on the way back, King Yueyang was no longer looking forward to it, his eyebrows were furrowed, and he looked at Cai Dabao, the first confidant under his door and the most traveled to and from the north, and asked.

Cai Dabao knew that this question was not easy to answer, so he pondered for a while before he spoke: "No matter what his temperament and talent are, after all, the minister of another country is definitely not a person who can be entrusted with the affairs of the state."

"Yes, no matter how strong Li Boshan is, he is a minister of another country after all, no matter how unruly the Du clan is, he is also a citizen under my Yongzhou rule. Indeed, it is not right to lead outsiders against oneself."

When King Yueyang heard this, he also sighed, but his tone was full of unwillingness and regret, so that he was dissatisfied with Li Tai: "This captive general is really clever and beautiful. The former is full of treasures, and I am very disappointed, and he wins for a while with the fresh goods in his township, and he boasts about himself but it is difficult to fulfill it, and he deliberately puts forward a condition that I am inconvenient to promise to make things difficult for me, which is really annoying!"

said this, but he still couldn't let go, and then scolded Du Shi again: "This thief is corrupt and domineering, and he is very self-fattening, but he still refuses to be satisfied! Even if there is no such thing as Li Boshan, if the blue waves of the Han River can be used by me and unimpeded, it will also be a good deed for the people of Dayean and the country!"

At the previous meeting at Shazhou, Li Tai proposed that materials could be transported along the Hanshui line, and that the two sides could not only trade in white sugar, but also trade in other goods.

But the problem is that the power of King Yueyang is far from enough to cover the entire Hanshui Valley, and even Xiangyang, where he is now sitting, took advantage of Li Tai's entry into the Kou to control the people, horses, money and food. Not to mention the farther Hanshui Basin, the section of the waterway that the Du brothers mastered alone was completely out of the control of King Yueyang.

Li Tai took advantage of the situation to bring up the old matter again, and expressed his willingness to send troops to help King Yueyang solve the Du family. They should cooperate with each other to capture the city where the Du brothers sat on the bank of the Han River, and then King Yueyang regained the lost territory and actually held the city in his hands.

Although this proposal seemed to be beneficial to King Yueyang, it would not cost much to expand his sphere of influence, and he would also gain control of the Han River Passage and a luxury item of high value and profit, such as frosting sugar.

But in addition to the consideration of pros and cons, there are moral constraints after all, not to mention that King Yueyang is a serious King of Xiao Liangzong, if he leads outsiders into his own territory, it is an act to break the bottom line for him after all.

"Alas, Li Boshan looks like a pure and elegant appearance, but his essence is still inevitably vulgar. He has taken me into account in this way, and he has really treated others with himself and despised me. Intrigue and intrigue are far from the right path. In the future, I will not be able to have a deep friendship with this person, so as not to be infected by his treachery!"

After thinking about it for a long time, King Yue Yang still reluctantly rejected this temptation-filled proposal in his heart, although there were benefits, but the risks were too great.

Their brother was already in a sensitive situation, and if he caused his greed and indulgence to affect the other brothers, he would not see his siblings again. What's more, even if the Du brothers are defeated, the upper reaches of the Han River are still so powerful and entrenched, and it is not easy to completely control this waterway!

Although he said this, King Yue Yang still had regrets in his heart, whether it was to give up Li Tai's proposal or to give up this friendship with Li Tai.

He received the orthodox royal education of Southern Liang since he was a child, graceful and elegant, although he had extreme thoughts because of his father's untimely death and his grandfather's abolition, but he did not completely abandon the constraints of family education.

For him, although a person like Li Tai has a famous fashion, he is rarely constrained by red tape, and he is full of vitality and imagination in life and work, especially a few miraculous deeds that make Xiao Jing full of envy and jealousy. Since the two sides came into contact, they have even fantasized about being like this......

King Yue Yang said that he would not be infected by his treachery, but in fact, he was worried that he would be affected by Li Tai's wild imagination again, but he did not have enough courage and strength to achieve it, and it was just to add to the trouble. It's like a person who knows that addiction is harmful, so he is still trying to restrain himself with reason and continue to try.

But in fact, people's biggest addiction is addiction, as long as the heart is moved, it is only sooner or later before the complete fall.

Since he decided that he could not be tempted by this, King Yueyang also did it

After returning to Xiangyang, he buried himself in military and political affairs all day long, and he had to bow down to big and small affairs, as if he wanted to use work to anesthetize himself and stop thinking nonsense.

But soon an accident interrupted the days of King Yueyang's hard work, before the Du brothers asked Xiao Yi, the king of Xiangdong, who was sitting in Jiangling, because of the Xiangyang military affairs, and now Xiao Yi sent his envoys to arrive, ordering Du An of the Jingzhao Du clan to be the Sima of Yongzhou Prefecture and take over the position of Liu Fanggui, the general.

The king of Xiangdong is now the assassin of Jingzhou, and the governor of Jingyong and other states between the Jiang and Han states, is now the highest military and political governor in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and Xiao Jing, the king of Yueyang, is also within his control, and also has a great say in the appointment of Yongzhou officials. His direct appointment of Sima as the capital of Yongzhou was not an overstepping of his authority.

But there is no doubt that this behavior is a direct slap in the face of King Yueyang, after all, King Yueyang is the governor of Yongfu, and Jingzhao Du is also suspected of defecting to the enemy and plotting to chase the king of Yueyang, but now the king of Xiangdong has directly crossed the king of Yueyang and appointed Du as the governor of the state capital, what kind of good intentions can he have?

"The slave is tired of me sitting in Dayong Mansion, and he despises me with this scheme, and deceives people too much! If I am cheap, how is he precious?"

After King Yueyang learned of this, he immediately broke the big defense, and pointed to the direction of Jiangling in the south in the palace, and scolded him, hating this seventh uncle who was unwilling to give him the slightest dignity.

As he spoke, he was going to put on his armor and kill the state capital, and slaughter the envoys of Jingzhou, Du An and others in the hall to vent his anger.

"The king is angry, the king is angry......

Cai Dabao and other subordinates hurried over after hearing the news, and when they saw that King Yueyang was angry, they all spoke out to persuade and appease.

King Yue Yang also knew that it was really unwise to do this, but the evil breath in his heart was really difficult to swallow, and he scolded fiercely: "The Du family is a slave, it is not a pity to die! The former defected to the enemy and did evil, and I have already lived a righteous life, and now I have colluded with other towns to dominate my office, and I really think I dare not ......."

Seeing that King Yueyang's anger was still difficult to control his emotions, Cai Dabao and several other henchmen were busy waving their hands and retreating from the other idle people in the hall, and when only a few people were left in the hall, Cai Dabao knelt on the ground again and said in a deep voice: "If the king really has made a decision, the lower officials are willing to ask the envoy to go to the north again and inform ......the Li family of this intention."

After hearing this, King Yueyang became a little calmer, returned to the table and sat down, and weighed it for a while before he opened his mouth and said in a deep voice: "The Du clan must not stay any longer, if it can't be controlled, everything the masses see will be chasing me as the step to advance, and there will be no place for me to stand in this township for a long time!"

Before, he didn't dare to attack the Du clan directly, first, he was not absolutely sure, and second, he was worried that other big clans in the territory would hurt him and boycott him in groups. But now that such a long time has passed, the attitude of the major clans in the territory towards him has not changed much, and the Du clan has become even more arrogant, so that he finally decided to kill the killer.

When Cai Dabao came to the city again, Li Tai was not surprised, and still warmly entertained his party. However, when talking about the things he proposed before, Li Tai was no longer enthusiastic and courteous before, and his attitude was a little cold.

Of course, the governor of Li Dadutian did not deliberately take Qiao, but after returning to Jingzhou, he thought about it carefully, and also felt that his previous proposal was a bit hasty. What they want to do is the entire Han River waterway, not just one Du family, so of course they need a more thorough plan.

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Of course, Li Tai's question was also to reconfirm whether this Yueyang King Xiao Jing really swallowed his bait, or just used him as a gun to deal with the Jingzhao Du clan, intending to use it up and throw it away.

Cai Dabao knew that the other party took the initiative to propose but was politely rejected by them coldly, and now the old matter must not be as smooth as before, so after hearing the question added by Li Tai, he even told their plan.

From Xiangyang to the west, along the Hanshui Basin, there are Xinxing County and Nanyang County, all of which are in the hands of the Du brothers, which shows the strength of their clan. Further west of the Du brothers' forces, there is Qixing County in Southern Liang, Qixing County is named Xi Gu, born in the stable Xi family, and is also a Hao who lives in Xiangyang

One of the families.

From Qixing County to the west, it entered the range of Hanzhong, where there were many powerful and barbarian chieftains, and the forces were also complicated, especially the Ankang Taishou Li Qianzhe clan who had settled in Shannan for generations was the most powerful. It can be said that if you don't have the cooperation of your clan, you don't want to master this section of the Han waterway.

After passing Ankang County and going west, we arrived at Nanzheng, the core area of Hanzhong and the capital of Liangzhou. Hanzhong was led by the old Western Wei Dynasty, and in the early years of the Great Unification, the famous Southern Liang general Lan Qin came to attack, and the Northern Wei clan Yuan Luo, who was the assassin of Liangzhou, raised the city to surrender, and since then Hanzhong has been governed by the Southern Liang.

Today's Liangzhou Thorn Shi is also a Southern Liang clan Yifeng Marquis Xiao Xun, whose brother is the former Poyang King Xiao Fan of Kou Jingzhou, and their father Xiao Hui is the ninth brother of Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang Wu, and is also a famous stallion in the Southern Liang clan, it is said that he has forty sons.

Cai Dabao came to see him this time, and his attitude was also quite frank, and he clearly told Li Tai that the Du brothers and their Xiangyang people could be dealt with together, and Qi Xingtai also tried his best to persuade them. After all, in Xiangyang, where there are many wealthy clans, the Anding Xi clan is far less powerful and detached than Wei Liudu and other major clans, and they are also subject to the control of the state lord.

As for Qixing County going upstream, the king of Yueyang, who had just gained a foothold in Xiangyang, was beyond his reach, and he still needed to negotiate with each other again.