At the age of forty, the emperor he had propped up had died three years earlier, and with him the last meager force against him.

Overlooking half of the country, his authority is far greater than that of all emperors in the past century. Under his governance, the world gradually moved from the original troubled times to stability, the alternation of power above the temple was orderly, and the people's grievances in the well market were calmed down.

The successive peasant uprisings and the disappearance of millions of victims have burned away the rotten roots of the prairie fire.

This is not Li Shengxian's ability alone, but more about the destruction of society by the peasant uprisings, the massacre of the gentry by the cloth army, and the return of the land to the people.

It is also the work of the holy master across the river from him.

It is precisely because of his existence that the world's families are willing to give land to the people, and they are willing to cooperate with the imperial court's work for relief and land for money. Instead of dragging all the fertile land in his hands, even if it is overgrown with weeds, even if the grain is piled up and moldy, he is unwilling to take it out to the people.

Because the cloth army is really capable of killing.

"Father, what kind of person is the Holy Master?"

The little emperor hugged his thighs.

Li Shengxian glanced sideways slightly, his eyes were cold, even if this was the emperor, even if this was his own bloodline.

The old emperor he supported was over 60 years old, and one of his three children died young, and he himself basically lost the ability to have children. And Li Shengxian out of political considerations, he found a woman with royal blood, and the tanuki exchanged for the prince.

The old emperor's knowledge can be regarded as some consolation.

At least the descendants still have the blood of the royal family.

This is also where Angela Lee is stronger than Xu He, as a ruler and distributor of benefits, he can make everyone happy. And Xu He can only satisfy the majority of people, but cannot satisfy the few people who have the resources in their hands.

If it was Xu He, he would definitely kill the emperor, wasting this righteousness, and also bringing himself an infamy of killing the king.

Li replied, "A madman, a complete madman." For example, today's rebellion is half from him. ”

"He also wants to be emperor?"

"No, he wants to be a saint. It is not that the emperor will put gold on his face, nor will he build a few temples to proclaim the world, but the saint who realizes the great harmony of the world. ”

Li Shengxian shook his head, and then recited the words, saying the words on the other side of the river that had been circulated for more than ten years.

"The world is for the public, it is said that the Son of Heaven is also the position, and the saintly virtue is granted for the public title, and the descendants are not passed on privately, that is, Zhu is abolished, and Shun and Yu are used."

Shun and Yu are compared to saints, and their positions are not passed on to future generations.

There is no hereditary position for the cloth officer, even if the land dies and if the inheritance is too much, a part of it must be handed over.

Li Shengxian saw the advanced nature at a glance and perfectly solved the problem of land annexation. If this system could be ensured to continue, there would theoretically be no peasant uprisings in the future.

But the human heart is flesh and blood, and there are many emotions and six desires.

When it comes to rationality, there is never an if.

The little emperor was ignorant.

Li Shengxian looked at the river in the distance and said:

"It's only a matter of time before he loses."

At night, a small boat evaded the continuous guards, and the messenger on the other side asked to see Li Shengxian, and he brought a letter and an opportunity to break through the great river.

The other party that Li Shengxian personally met with was the third-in-command of the Buyi Army, the general of the Buyi Army who guarded the mouth of the river. Like the other high-ranking members of the cloth army, he was just a boatman at first, and then climbed to a high position with the rebellion of the Holy Master.

Like the founding heroes of the past, there is always a group of people from humble backgrounds.

The head of the Zhenjiang army promised to defect to the imperial court, on the condition that he would be crowned a king with a different surname and a marquis of ten thousand households.

"The king with a different surname, the marquis of all households can give it to you, but how do I know that you are not planning to lead the snake into the hole?"

Li Shengxian did not agree immediately, looked at the other party's rough face, and said, "I heard that the holy master is virtuous, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. And you ought to have received his favor, why did you defect? ”

More than ten years ago, this person was just a flat-headed ordinary person, and he was most likely one of the victims who fled the famine.

"Back to Prime Minister, I did receive the life-saving grace of the Holy Master, but I was too tired and uncomfortable by the Holy Master's side, like a pig and a dog!"

There was a hint of resentment in the general's voice.

"Military merit can neither be hereditary nor selfish. The little one was born and died, in order to get out of the crowd, and now he is on an equal footing with the grass people over there, how can he be embarrassed? ”

"Now it's not just me, many people have a lot of complaints about the Holy Master. Just wait for the prime minister's order, and we will punish the thief together. ”

"Big thief?"

Li Shengxian smiled a little sarcastically when he heard this title.

"What a thief."

The soldiers and horses of the imperial court moved again, and in just one month, 200,000 soldiers and horses gathered, and such a large-scale transfer of troops naturally could not hide from the cloth army.

After a lapse of eight years, the two armies once again stood across the river, which can be described as a forest of military flags, war drums shaking the sky, and the entire river surface was full of warships on both sides.

Then one day, 50,000 heavily armored elite soldiers of the imperial court crossed the river without warning at night, and then rode war horses to break through three river estuaries in a row, and successfully controlled the great river danger.

Almost overnight, the scales completely tipped to the side of the imperial court.

The Buyi army was in chaos, and the imperial army pursued the victory and continued to attack the city. The people in the city wanted to resist, but they couldn't resist the continuous surrender of the generals.

This time in the south, the biggest weapon prepared by the imperial court was not those elite soldiers in armor, but a full 50,000 taels of gold.

Every time you go to a city, you will invest gold, grant official positions, and make marquis.

Therefore, if you go to the army to fight, you can get it in the world.

Approaching the mountain where the Buyi army was rising, the footsteps of the imperial court could stop, and they were even pushed back hundreds of miles, almost not penetrating.

There is one more white-haired veteran on the battlefield.

Xu He is not only a commander, but also a fierce general, he is like a cloth army with an arm. Urge the great mana of the body to the extreme, fill the heaven and earth, win more with less, and overcome the strong with the weak.

But mortals will eventually run out of strength.

Cloth clothes are million, and now there are seventy percent of generals. Either drifting with the flow, or selfish desires, or simply cowardice, the entire cloth army collapsed only because of the sword built of silver and gold.

Even if Xu He is a martial artist, how can he win?

An envoy sent by the court.

"When the holy master surrenders, you can get an idle marquis."

Xu He shook his head and did not agree. The envoy of the imperial court thought that there was a glimmer of opportunity, and hurriedly added: "If the holy master has any requirements, just put it forward, the prime minister said it, even if it is the marquis of ten thousand households, he can afford it." ”

Now that the general trend of the cloth army is gone, there is no possibility of competing for the world, but the foundation still exists. They have been cultivating the mountains for more than ten years, and now they can retreat to the mountains, use the mountains as the city wall, and show their edge and look at the world.

In the end, it became a country in the mountains, a sharp knife that would always be against the neck of the imperial court.

This is something that the court and the whole court do not want to foresee.

There is also that Xu He is too strong, and he is called the two saints together with the prime minister of the current dynasty. If the prime minister dies first, then it is not certain who will win and who will lose.

"The world is the same." Xu He said without thinking, "All industries are equal, people are unscrupulous, the people have a place to live, they have income from their labor, the young have education, and the old have something to rely on."

"Can the court give it?"

Knock knock!

The sound was like thunder, and the imperial envoys retreated again and again, looking at him in disbelief.

Is this hysteria?

Xu He said with a smile: "Look, the court can't give it, and no one in the world can give it to me, so I'll take it myself." ”

The negotiations were fruitless, and the imperial army's army attacked more frantically, while the Buyi army was defeated and retreated all the way to the mountains.

After twenty years, Xu He fled back to the mountains again, and this time he also failed.

The Iron Bull had died in battle eight years earlier, and his eldest son had asked the same question.

"Holy Master, what should we do?"

"Ten years later, I will come out again."

"Can't get out in 10 years? Now that Li Thief has asked the little emperor Chan to establish a new dynasty, you said that the prime minister of the dynasty is an extraordinary person, I'm afraid."

"Twenty years, thirty years"

The old man looked back at the world, his eyes did not lose color with age, and they were as hot and persistent as ever.

He grinned and said, "Fucking landlord, one day I will kill it." ”

A homeless person who still floats in every corner of the world.

Li Shengxian ascended the throne at the age of 42 and became emperor, thus ending 40 years of turmoil in the world, but a haze projected from the mountains always shrouded the temple.

"Is he out?"

This is what Li Shengxian said the most after he became emperor, and in order to block the tigers in the mountains, he specially built three large cities along the mountain road.

In the first year, the world lived in peace, and the court divided the fields.

In the second year, industry and commerce were revitalized.

In the third year, a good harvest.

In the fourth year, a bumper harvest.

In the fifth year, a good harvest.

It seems that God is going to stand on the side of the new dynasty, and after three consecutive years of good harvest and Li Shengxian's enlightened governance, the world has begun to take shape on a prosperous scale, and the scars of the past have disappeared.

The yeoman farmers who own land and grain will no longer make trouble with the cloth army, and the holy sage who has been watching the world in the mountains has also become a great thief in the world.

Lee finally had a restful night's sleep after many years.

At midnight, the eunuch hurriedly woke him up.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's the other way around, it's the other way around! The thief is out! ”

"What?!"

Li Shengxian, who was over half a hundred years old, hurriedly got up from the bed, didn't care about wearing clothes, and went to the main hall to call the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

When the minister heard the word Xu Thief, he was also frightened, and his sleepiness was gone.

Later, news came that there was a rebellion in the country of the mountains, and the civil and military officials of the cloth army colluded with each other to seek to usurp the throne.

"Then how do you say that Xu He came out." Li Shengxian asked.

"Your Majesty didn't know, but the spies in front reported that Xu Thief had come out alone. Those cloth soldiers did not move, and some people who wanted to follow Xu Thief were also killed, and now the surrender letter of the country in the mountains is already on the way to the capital. ”

"What about him, how dare he go out of the mountain alone?"

Xu He looked at the soldiers around him with guns against him, led by the son of the iron bull in the past, and surrounded himself.

He asked, "Son, it's wrong to save people." ”

No one answered, and all the people bowed their heads. Then approached.

After a burst of sword light, there were ten more corpses on the ground.

Xu Hesheng captured the enemy, hijacked all the way out of the encirclement, he rode a horse, silver armor and white head, and looked back at the cloth army behind him.

Raising the big gun, he raised his head to the sky and shouted: "I'll go." ”

Leaving only a back of a horse galloping down the mountain in the early morning sun.

After five years, he went out of the mountain again, and after two major defeats, he was determined to go on a third expedition.

This time, the army, one person!

Walk hundreds of miles, go out of the mountain, and 10,000 people ride to greet you.

"Kill !!"

The news reached the court, and the hall applauded.

"Winn. Won"

Li Shengxian stood up from the dragon chair, and his face couldn't help showing joy, this old opponent for many years was finally about to lose to himself.

He is too radical, if it weren't for the other party's request to be too disobedient, then he might not be sitting in this position now.

"How did he die?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Xu Thief, fight alone with ten thousand horsemen, and die of exhaustion."

"Alone? What about his million-million-les-the-crowd? ”

"The general of the country in the mountains said that Xu Thief broke out of the siege alone, did not gather a single soldier, and went down the mountain alone."

"Go down the hill by yourself."

Li Shengxian's body was in a trance for a moment, and he sat back again, and the spirit of his body was completely removed at this moment.

"How so, how can it be so pebbles?"

The endgame of the board.

Pan Gu won, but joy did not follow, there was only silence.

How dare a mortal man go against the heavens and do things that power cannot do. The pebble hitting the stone is just the appearance, and knowing that it cannot be done is the inside.

Xu He has countless opportunities to succeed, but he only chooses the one that suits his heart the most, even if he lives can throw it away.

This may be Li Changsheng's way, and his whole life is retrograde.

Li Yi was not depressed by the defeat, but chuckled with the old tree spirit and said: "You see, why did I only save the people in front of me when I was young, and if I saved the world, maybe I would have died early." ”

(End of chapter)