Chapter 149: Punishment
Ba Niu came so suddenly that Li Yuming was unprepared. Now the two of them are very embarrassed. None of them spoke, Li Yuming looked into the distance, and Ba Niu also looked into the distance. Not speaking is not saying nothing, but not knowing where to start. They don't have a lot of problems to solve, but they have a lot of problems that need to be communicated.
Who said the first sentence? Who's going to lead the way to the question that should be discussed? Ba Niu didn't want to, and Li Yuming didn't want to, as if whoever said this first would admit defeat first. It is impossible for Li Yuming to admit defeat, what about Ba Niu? If he doesn't admit defeat, what is the purpose of his coming?
After struggling for a long time, Ba Niu finally made up his mind, he coughed dryly, and said in a trembling voice: "There don't seem to be many people coming to the funeral of Lord Hou." This sentence may seem irrelevant to the topic, but in fact it goes straight to the point. Li Yuming has nothing else to say, and under his rule, there has been a situation of disintegration, and he cannot escape the blame. Therefore, he just snorted noncommittally and did not say anything. But since Ba Niu had already started, he was going to continue the conversation, so he continued: "This is an extremely subtle change, indicating that most people are waiting and seeing".
Li Yuming also did not answer, he knew that what Ba Niu said was true, but he was also worried about this matter now. Ba Niu certainly knew his father's abilities and had no doubts about his inability to solve this problem. However, he also knew that he had another character, stubbornness. Although he didn't have that much ability, he insisted that he could solve all the problems, and for this, he had to accommodate him.
"I know you have a better solution, but the child still thinks you should give them a warning!" Seeing that Li Yuming was still silent, he continued: "This warning doesn't have to be too direct, but it doesn't have to be too tactful."
By this time, Li Yuming had already had to speak, and if he didn't speak, he completely exposed his ability in front of the people he didn't want to expose the most. So he pretended to be deep and said, "So, what kind of method do you think is better?"
No matter how big the contradiction is, as long as the other party is willing to communicate, it is easy to solve. Seeing him raise a question, Ba Niu couldn't help but be very happy in his heart, and continued: "The Qiushan Peninsula is not a very big place, and the news of the state funeral has already been released to the locality, and the garrisons of various armies have naturally received this news. And the farthest garrison didn't take three days to arrive, so it was clear that they didn't plan to come. However, they did not dare to show a hostile attitude towards the imperial court, so we can adopt a more moderate attitude."
At this point, he paused for a moment, and seeing that he was listening carefully, he continued: "I thought, first of all, that we should send a letter of condemnation asking why they did not attend the state funeral. Secondly, we need to gather troops."
"And to gather troops"? Li Yu was obviously a little surprised by his proposal, he was sensitive to any military action, but he still suppressed his opposition, because he remembered his wife's words: "You must listen to Ba Niu's words, he can solve the current problem, but you can't."
No one dared to say that he "couldn't", no matter what it was, no one dared to say these two words in front of him, but his wife did, and she said it with a strong attitude. He was furious about it, but he didn't dare to show it, let alone go against her will, so now, he only questioned it, not denied it.
Although Ba Niu did not know about the "threat" his father, he had to explain his doubts: "No matter how strong the condemnation is, it is just a piece of paper, and only when the eyes can see that it is not dangerous, can they wake up." Their current hesitation has already made their position clear, and from our point of view, whoever it is, if not a vassal, is an enemy. If they do not obey the order, destroying them is our only option"!
Ba Niu's words were so straightforward and so categorical, that Li Yuming couldn't help but fight a cold war excitedly. Although he took extremely cruel revenge on Tang Yulin's family, he never thought of making enemies with so many people. He was afraid, in fact, when those people didn't come to the funeral.
"But, they, they have a lot of them." He should not have said such things, and by saying such things, he has bowed to reality, and it means that he has admitted the failure of his policies. But Ba Niu didn't care about this, and the purpose of his trip was to solve the problems between their father and son, and to try to keep the power of the Akiyama Peninsula as much as possible.
"There are only a few of them"! Ba Niu said confidently: "The commander of each army does not represent every army, there are generals, partial generals, etc., and everyone can take their place." The army is always the army of the state, they are also the generals of the country, the state recognizes them, they are in that position, the state denies them, someone will take their place. This is their fate, and this is the sense of crisis that they should be aware of. Father, rest assured, I can assure you that there will be no unforeseen catastrophe in this condemnation and dispatch, and there will not even be a trace of discord."
Of course, Li Yuming does not believe his assurance, this is perhaps the saddest thing between close people, it is difficult for them to admit the abilities of the people around them, and what they remember more is always his shortcomings. Therefore, although Ba Niu has done so many earth-shattering things, the first thing Li Yuming thought of was when he was naughty when he was a child, and it was hard for him to believe that the child had become a hero who attracted the attention of thousands of people. Fortunately, there is also Mrs. Huang, she always seems to be able to predict the prophet, and thought in advance that Li Yuming would eventually reject Ba Niu's proposal, so she told him early that if he encountered an extremely difficult problem, he would put it aside first, and wait until the husband and wife discussed it when they came back, and then made a decision. Li Yuming was almost obedient to his wife, and now seeing that Ba Niu's proposal was too risky, he didn't immediately deny it, thought for a while, smiled slightly, and said: "This matter is very important, in a hurry, it is difficult to decide, why don't you go back and rest first, and after tomorrow, how about we discuss it?"
Ba Niu has been with him for many years, what else do you not understand? Although I felt interesting in my heart, I was inconvenient to say it, so I bowed down and slowly retreated.
Mrs. Huang was behind the scenes, and she had already heard it clearly, and when she saw Li Yuming coming back, she hurriedly followed him and asked, "What do you think?"
Li Yuming frowned, and said helplessly: "If we follow his words, how many people will we offend?" How many enemies are there in the tree? If they isolate us, what else can we do?"
Although Mrs. Huang is a woman, her knowledge is much higher than that of Li Yuming.
"I think that Ba Niu's suggestion can still be tried." She didn't immediately affirm Ba Niu's opinion, also to give Li Yuming a buffer.
"We are not living as a family now, as long as we are harmonious, we can live a good life, and now we are the forces that rule one side, manage all kinds of people well, and have grace and skill. It is necessary to pay equal attention to grace and power in order to manage them well. Ba Niu's proposal fully meets such conditions, and I think that this matter can be entrusted to him, and I believe that he will be able to handle this matter well."
The next day, Li Yuming issued a holy decree: to crown Ba Niu as the king of Thailand, the general, and the prime minister of the world's military. As soon as this news came out, before the edict of reproach arrived, the governors of the Ninth Army all rushed to the political center of the Akiyama Peninsula.
Among them, Liu Nanshan was the fastest, and he arrived on the night of the day Ba Niu was sealed. On the morning of the next day, he waited in front of the house of Ba Niu. But Ba Niu did not receive him, but waited until all the leaders of the Ninth Army had arrived, and then toasted him with a glass of wine at the state banquet.
This move made everyone feel shocked, Liu Nanshan is Liu Yiyi's close relative, and his attitude of admitting his mistakes is positive enough, Ba Niu still hasn't forgiven him, so the situation of others can be imagined. People are not afraid of Li Yuming's terrifying methods, but they are afraid of Ba Niu's fair treatment, for them, a new day has just begun.