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On the first day of the sixth month of the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, a bad news came.

Lu Jiang, the prime minister of the Daqian Dynasty who had worked hard for the Daqian Dynasty for nearly 27 years, suddenly fell ill and died at the age of 59.

When Li Cun learned of this, he cried bitterly and lost Yi Yin and Guan Zhong, and then ordered to bury General Lu with a state funeral, and posthumously crowned General Lu as the king of Guangde County, becoming the first king with a different surname in the Daqian Dynasty.

After Lü's death, who will succeed Lü and become the second prime minister of the Daqian Dynasty, the largest dynasty in history, has become a hot topic.

Some ambitious people also began to run around looking for connections, wanting to seek higher positions, or even the position of prime minister.

However, Li Cun did not let the position of prime minister hang for too long, so he appointed Chen Kangbo, a subordinate official of the East Palace and Li Biao's number one adviser, as the temporary prime minister.

Immediately afterwards, Li Cun secretly transferred Chen Yu back to the Central Committee to replace Zhang Shi as the privy envoy.

After that, Li Cun carried out a series of personnel transfers to the Daqian Dynasty with lightning speed.

After this transfer, the crown prince Li Biao won a complete victory.

The latest leadership of the Daqian Dynasty, not to mention that all of them were subordinate officials of the East Palace and people who supported Li Biao's rule, but also occupied many positions of rulers by subordinate officials of the East Palace and those who supported Li Biao's rule.

Of course, those capable ministers, like Li Gang, Zhao Ding, Li Guang, Hu Quan, Yu Yunwen, Yuwen Huangzhong, Han Qixian, Gao Qingyi, Ye Lulu, etc., Li Cun definitely didn't move, and they all kept for Li Biao.

Li Cun only transferred some dangerous people, ambitious people, and people who like to engage in party disputes to his palace to serve as his palace subordinates, and in the name of saying that he is used to using them and cannot do without them, in fact, he does not want these people to disturb the Daqian Dynasty, which has great prospects.

Through this great blood exchange, the party struggle situation that the Daqian Dynasty had just raised its head, that is, some meritorious groups and some literati groups, made Li Cunquan annihilate, leaving only those officials who were willing to do practical things.

At this time, everyone understood that although Li Cun had not managed much of the government for more than ten years and was only busy opening up his territory to the outside world, in fact, Li Cun still knew everything about the Daqian Dynasty.

Moreover, Li Cun casually uprooted all the hidden dangers of the Daqian Dynasty, leaving the crown prince Li Biao with a dynasty that could completely show his strength and was not subject to any constraints.

Many people who were still worried that the party strife would ruin the Daqian Dynasty now all sighed: "Your Majesty is still the same Your Majesty, who is wise and wise, has no last resort, has no soldiers to stay, and has a great cause, and passes it on to his descendants." Whoop, majestic! ”

At the same time, everyone knew that Li Cun would personally conquer the Western Regions when the autumn was high and the horses were fat, and continue to eliminate hidden dangers and expand the territory for the Daqian Dynasty.

In this regard-

Some people feel that the territory of the Great Qian Dynasty is already so large, and it is already so strong that no one dares to provoke it, and all the countries of the Western Regions have taken the initiative to send envoys to express their willingness to be called a vassal to the Great Qian Dynasty, so why should they use force against the countries of the Western Regions again? Is Li Cun too reckless?

However, some people said that the Turks, Huns, and Uighurs in the Western Regions have always invaded the Central Plains Dynasty as long as they are strong, and now the Daqian Dynasty is unprecedentedly strong.

There are also some people who say that there is no need to attack the countries of the Western Regions at the expense of the people and money, and that the Daqian Dynasty can use political, economic, and diplomatic means to solve the problems of the countries in the Western Regions.

In short, there is everything to say.

However, this time Li Cun did not listen to any different opinions, and insisted on driving the expedition in person.

Before leaving, Li Cun called Li Biao to give him a final teaching.

There are only Li Cun and Li Biao's father and son in the Heart Nourishing Palace.

Li Cun said bluntly: "This time, I will take away 500,000 troops mainly from ethnic minorities, and you should not cut down the troops left by me, and in the future, I will maintain such a number of troops in my own territory." ”

Afraid that Li Biao, who had always been concerned about disarmament, would disarm after he left, causing a mess that would not be easy to clean up, Li Cun said very seriously: "My son must remember that if you blindly attach importance to literature and ignore military force, and do not attach importance to national defense, the Daqian Dynasty, at least yourself, will be wiped out!" ”

When Li Biao heard this, his pupils shrank, and he said in his heart: "Is it so serious? ”

Li Cun replied as if he could see through Li Biao's meaning: "What is force? Force is the lock of my great work. Do you only pay attention to the economy, but only to development? It's not okay. Without the lock of force, thieves and robbers will all enter our big cadres and take advantage of them by skill, and the better your economy will develop, the greater the possibility of our big cadres being invaded. ”

Speaking of this, Li Cun leisurely reminded Li Biao: "Zhao Song is a lesson from the past!" ”

Hearing Li Cun say this, Li Biao's heart suddenly sank.

Li Cun directly broke Li Biao's luck: "Don't think that if I knock down everything around, Daqian will be at peace forever, this is impossible, don't forget, I will also divide many vassal states, if you don't have enough force, it is difficult to guarantee that your brother will not fight you, and don't forget how I started, the fortress is often breached from the inside, so you must have the force to deal with any emergency." ”

It was only at this time that Li Biao realized that he had thought badly before, this army is by no means as little as possible, and he is afraid that the world will not always be peaceful and war-free, and he almost made a big mistake.

Seeing that Li Biao finally realized the horror of not paying attention to army building, Li Cuncai retracted his momentum slightly, and then stroked the dragon chair under his buttocks, and said: "Everything about you is too easy, I don't know how much magic this chair has, there are too many, too many people are eager to sit on this chair that represents supreme power, in order to get their wish, only what you can't think of, there is nothing they can't do, brother kills brother, son kills father, minister betrays king......"

Li Cun looked at Li Biaopi and said with a smile: "Do you believe it or not, if you lose your absolute force, such a thing may happen to you in the future?" ”

Li Cun's words made Li Biao sweat!

Li Biao, who is familiar with history books, knows the words of his father, but he is by no means alarmist.

There are really too many examples of this throughout the ages.

Don't talk about it from afar, let's talk about the Zhao and Song dynasties that were destroyed by the Daqian Dynasty.

Zhao Ji lost the protection of force and was put under house arrest by Zhao Huan.

Zhao Huan lost the protection of force, and Zhao Gou had an army of more than 100,000 troops, and watched as Bianliang City in Tokyo was broken by the cadre army, and Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan, and all the royal families and clans of the Zhao and Song dynasties were captured.

There was also the Anshi Rebellion period, which was similar to the situation at the end of the Song Dynasty.

Li Longji lost his protection by force, and Li Heng put Li Longji under house arrest until Li Longji died.

For such an example, Li Biao can catch a handful of them at will.

That is, from this moment on, Li Biao made up his mind that the number of the local army of the Daqian Dynasty could no longer be reduced, and the Daqian Dynasty, which had such a large land area, raised two million troops on its own, which was not much, and there was no need for him to be clever and change his father's deployment without hesitation, no, he still had to actively develop the construction of the army on this basis.

Seeing that Li Biao fully understood the importance of the army, Li Cun said: "The Liu Qi, Wu Lu, Su Dong, Yang Yizhong, Li Xianzhong, Wang Yu, etc. I left you are all trustworthy generals who can fight well. ”

Li Biao knew that his father was not at ease, and this time he was all taken away by his imperial father, and everything left for him must be fine.

The key is that his father has never been inaccurate in his life, and he has always been famous all over the world for his knowledge.

Therefore, Li Biao didn't pretend to be smart anymore, so he responded: "Erchen has written it down, and he will be reused." ”

Li Cun nodded, and then said: "The generals are only one aspect, you must also remember that the reason why our cadres are forbidden and invincible is because of the military supervision system, so you must pay attention to the military supervision system, I might as well tell you bluntly, as long as there is a perfect and trustworthy military supervision system to command the cadres, the cadres will not be able to mess up." ”

Li Biao, who has been in the cadre army for two years and is still working as a military supervisor, is very clear about this.

Therefore, Li Biao didn't say a word, just nodded and responded: "This matter must be remembered by the minister." ”

After explaining the most important thing about the army, Li Cun said: "My son must remember that he is neither deaf nor blind, and he is not worthy of being in charge." Employing people's strengths, there are no people in the world, employing people's shortcomings, employing people without usable people, employing people's strengths, will tolerate people's shortcomings. Therefore you must never be like you were before, and you will not tolerate the slightest bit of no. ”

If it was ten years ago, Li Biao would definitely doubt his father's insight, because at that time he was really someone else's half-hearted, and he couldn't tolerate anything.

But today's Li Biao will not.

Since obtaining the Wu De Division, Li Biao has learned that many of the flawless ministers in his eyes are actually corrupt and bribery, forming parties for personal gain, and even traitors who are corrupted by Jin Yuqi.

Of course, it cannot be said that there were no people with high morals among the officials of the Daqian Dynasty.

But in general, there are still many people who have problems.

The point is, those officials with high morals do not mean that they are capable officials.

Moreover, sometimes, if some officials want to do things, they will definitely make mistakes, and only officials who do not do things will not make mistakes.

Therefore, the smart approach, like his father, understands everything, but as long as these people don't do too much, and it is also beneficial to the development of the Daqian Dynasty, they can keep it for the first time, and wait until the need arises to unload the mill and kill the donkey.

There is a saying that if the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if people are too harsh on people, no one may be willing to work for you.

Li Biao had this problem before.

On the other hand, his father, whether it is a loyal minister or a traitorous minister, there is no good thing that does not miss his father, even if one day those corrupt officials are raided and asked about the family, they will not blame his father, they will only feel that they have done too much, so they ended up like this, and some will even be grateful to his father because his father opened the net to pardon one or two people in his family, and even took the initiative to say that they did a lot of wrong things because they were not determined enough to live up to the trust of his father.

The key is that it is his father who cleans up these people.

As a result, all the money that these people had worked so hard to get into ink went into the treasury and the pockets of his father, not to mention his father, who also had a good reputation for benevolence and nostalgia.

In this regard, Li Biao felt that he could really learn from his father.

Therefore, Li Biao said convincingly: "Erchen understands, it's rare to be confused. ”

Li Cun nodded, and added: "But you also have to remember that once you make a move, you must hit the snake with lightning speed, and don't give these people any chance to fight back, otherwise it is difficult to guarantee that they will not take risks." ”

Li Biaoshen nodded thoughtfully: "Erchen knows that there is a powerful relationship!" ”

Li Biao is now twenty-seven years old, no longer a child, and he has been in charge of the Daqian Dynasty for many years, Li Cun believes that he should be able to handle these things, otherwise Li Cun will not leave with confidence.

But there are some things, Li Cun still has to explain Li Biao again:

"Can my son know why when Liu Bei was there, Shu Han was full of talents, but after Liu Bei's death, Shu Han fell to the point of 'there is no general in Shu, and Liao Hua is a pioneer'?"

"This ......"

Li Biao bowed and said: "Please make it clear to my father." ”

Li Cun didn't hide it, so he said bluntly: "In terms of personal ability, whether it is to lead the army to fight a war or govern the country, Liu Bei is not as good as Zhuge Liang, but precisely because of this, under the rule of Liu Bei, who can not do anything, the civil and military generals of Shu Han have the opportunity to give full play to their talents, and under the rule of Zhuge Liang, who can do everything, the civil and military generals of Shu Han cannot show their ambitions, and they have no choice but to go to other countries or escape from the world. ”

Speaking of this, Li Cun said what he really wanted to say: "My big cadre is not a small country in Shu Han, if my son learns from Zhuge Liang, even if my son is tired to death, I am afraid that it will be difficult to govern my big cadre, my son should learn from Liu Bei, so that my great cadre can make the best use of his talents." ”

Li Biao felt that his father's words were very reasonable, but he really couldn't let him go completely.

Li Biao thought to himself: "I'll try to find a balance between them." ”

As for the mouth, Li Biao agreed, as always: "The ministers know that they will definitely give me a chance to show their political ambitions." ”

After speaking, Li Biao added in his heart: "I personally monitor whether they are doing well or not, there should be no problem?" ”

With Li Biao's guarantee, and Chen Miaozhen giving Li Biao a perfect tonic soup to recuperate his body, Li Cun estimates that Li Biao should not exhaust himself to death like Yongzheng in history.

At this time, Li Cun retracted all his momentum and said: "Those were all things that an emperor told a prince before, and I will tell me some things that a father told his son, and my son must remember that he must follow them." ”

Seeing that his father didn't even say anything, Li Biao knew how important his father's next words were.

Li Biao hurriedly responded: "Father, please say it directly, and the sons and ministers will definitely obey." ”

"My son must remember that in normal times, you must be careful of everyone around you, including all cronies, even concubines, you don't trust any of them, and you must be on guard against everyone at all times."

"You must not enter the ears of others when you conspire or talk with anyone, but you must remember that when you are secretly discussing, you must beware of the person who you are, no matter who he is, and besides, the guards must not be ten feet away from you."

"Always pay attention to the sounds in the market and judge in advance if anything dangerous is happening."

"Always memorize at least three escape routes, and if you are in danger, choose one of them to escape."

"Usually in the palace, you must carefully judge the safety of your surroundings, you must not take it lightly, and you must be prepared for danger in times of peace."

"Also, keep a few fast horses at each palace gate, and have a few more sets of saddle guns around the city gate, and once you judge that the situation is not good, you must immediately flee to a safe place, and you must not hesitate, and if you hesitate, you may lose your life."

"Don't drink alcohol on weekdays, and eat less in the afternoon......"

Hearing his father's heartfelt advice, Li Biao finally understood why the emperor was alone.

At the same time, Li Biao completely confirmed that his father, who even told him such things, was really ready to pass on to him the largest country in the history of the Daqian Dynasty, and he was really more concerned about his personal safety than about the safety of the Daqian Dynasty.

At this moment, Li Biao only felt that he was the greatest luck to have such a father, and then he was moved to tears.

But it is precisely because of this that Li Biao secretly swore in his heart: "I must manage the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains passed down by my father, and then help my father pass on these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains......"

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(End of chapter)