What was Cushman thinking? It's hard to figure out.

The topography advantage of Hezhou is not obvious, the west can not be tackled, and the north can not be surrounded by jade, how to look at it, how to look like a chicken rib place.

But in fact, in Gao Wei's game of chess, Gao Changgong's role is even greater than that of Hu Luguang, Hu Luguang is the governor of the western capital, and Gao Changgong is the deputy, but there is no subordinate relationship between the two. Gao Wei has made it clear that Hu Luguang is the military governor of the five prefectures of Luo, Jian, Yan, Liang, and Fen, while Gao Changgong is the military defense of Hezhou, Yuzhou, and Xiangzhou, and has the power to independently deploy troops to fight.

If you go west, you can attack the east of the river, and if you go south, you can capture Jingxiang. Although he won't attack Beizhou so quickly, there are some chess pieces, and it's time to bury them......

Speaking of which, Gao Wei also buried some loose chess in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and he will only surface when Yuwen Hu and Yuwen Yong make a move.

"We have infiltrated our own people in Chang'an, Hedong, and Yubi, and when we need them, we will summon them." Liu Taozhi, who had been missing for a long time, suddenly appeared in the Xuan Room in the Taiji Palace, except for the pair of monarchs and ministers, the rest of them seemed to be transparent people.

"Are they reliable?" The Emperor's voice sounded like it came from outside the sky. Liu Taozhi became more and more respectful, and buried his head and said:

"They are all selected according to strict screening, and their families are also strictly controlled to ensure that nothing goes wrong......"

Gao Wei bowed his head and asked, "How many people did you send over there?" ”

"A total of four hundred and fifty-seven people, all of whom recorded their appearance, place of origin, and life in the dossier, of which two hundred and four were sent to the puppet Zhou, and the rest were kept as secret spies, waiting for His Majesty to send ......"

Gao Wei paused, and then said: "The person in command ......, is it her?" ”

"It's exactly ......" Liu Taozhi couldn't help but feel worried in his heart, the emperor didn't deal with that woman, who knows what he was thinking? He didn't dare to say, let alone ask. I only silently prayed that this arrangement would not anger the emperor, otherwise he would not be able to cut off even a hundred heads.

Gao Wei is actually quite satisfied with this arrangement: "She can be exposed before she mixes safely, it can be seen that she is capable, tell her that no matter what method she uses, when the time comes, I want to see a satisfactory result......"

Gao Wei's eyes narrowed, flashing a sharp light: "He is the first year of junior high school, don't blame me for being a fifteenth ......, no matter who falls between Yuwen Yong and Yuwen Hu, I will break my muscles and bones in Beizhou, and the blood will flow like a river...... ”

He changed his words: "...... However, if you want to use her, you have to keep an eye on her, do you have someone around her? ”

Liu Taozhi's eyes were shining, and he said respectfully: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister has already arranged people, and she is not the only one who can command those spies...... don't hide it from Your Majesty, only half of the list in her hand is true, if you want to mobilize the other half, you have to go through another person, if the plan is leaked, or she has two hearts, we can kill her and let another person take charge......

Gao Wei glanced at Liu Taozhi thoughtfully, thinking that he could leave a name in history - even if it was notoriety, it was not a simple commodity.

Liu Taozhi looked at the big old man and the thick one, but in fact, he was thick and fine. is well versed in the rules of officialdom survival, Liu Taozhi has only one object of loyalty, that is, the emperor, who is the emperor and who he listens to...... An absolutely sharp and fast knife. He is worthy of being the imperial executioner of the Northern Qi Emperor.

Don't stand over there, be a lonely minister, a pure minister, such a courtier, whether it is a strong emperor or a weak emperor, will like it.

"The next person, you have arranged it?"

"No, wait for His Majesty's arrangement......"

"Okay," Gao Wei thought for a while, and said, "Let a few people watch the King of Nan'an and the King of Nanyang a little closer, and the others will all be transferred in and handed over the files to Gao Shun, the eunuch in charge of Jiafu Palace, huh?" "It is not appropriate for these people Liu Taozhi to hold the palm, but Gao Wei did not give it to Lu Ran, but gave the power to Gao Shun, the eunuch's second-in-command. Now Gao Wei pays great attention to maintaining the balance between the former dynasty and the inner palace. Gao Wei looked at him deeply, and Liu Taozhi bowed down again: "The minister obeys the order......"

Gao Wei waved his sleeves, and Liu Taozhi retreated silently, walking like a cat, without revealing a sound.

"Uncle Rencheng should be back at the end of this month, right?"

"Your Majesty, the report of the former city king said that after ten days, he will return to the capital after delivering all the affairs at hand."

Lu Ran reminded softly, Gao Wei nodded, thinking in his heart that he wanted to give Gao Xiang a better stage, this time was a good opportunity.

He is in charge of the affairs of Youzhou, Yingzhou and other eight states, and he has done a very good job and has performed very well, and Cushman is very satisfied. Gao Xiang has already taken a good first step in the future development of Northeast China, and not everyone can do everything in terms of land reclamation, tuntian, opening up mutual markets, rectifying military affairs, and repairing border defenses. As for Gao Baoning, he can't see any ability for the time being, so let's observe and observe first......

"Grass edict!" After a pause, the emperor issued an edict again, and several eunuchs rushed up in a hurry, spread a yellow silk on the ground, and wrote like flying: "Nan'an Wang Sihao, Nanyang Wang Xuan, Rencheng Wang Xiang, accompany Jinyang." ”

Then, another edict came down: "Fifth brother Zhen, for the Sizhou pastor, Lu Shangshu, into the cabinet." Cooperate with the right minister Zhao Yanshen, Taifu Feng Yi and Wang Run to deal with Yecheng government affairs. Zheng Yu, the head of the household, and Zu Ting, the imperial historian, drove with their companions. The Privy Council envoys, except for Hu Luxian, are all with him! ”

Emperor Wucheng's fifth son, Gao Zhen, is Gao Wei's half-brother. is very smart and very loved by Gao Zhan, and Gao Wei also intends to promote this younger brother. This time, except for Hu Luxian who was in charge of the Jiangzuo Temple, and it was not appropriate to go out of Yecheng, almost all the rest of the Privy Council were brought over by him. And half a cabinet.

This time, I don't know how long it will take to return to Yecheng, he has to hurry up and manage the Northern Qi country. The most important of these is to make the Privy Council truly the center of control over the movement of troops and horses in the world. After that, a series of measures will start with Jinyang.

The so-called reform, implemented here in Yecheng, is just the beginning. Jinyang is the land of Gao's Longxing, and it is also the real power center of the Northern Qi Dynasty, most of the forces of Xianbei in the six towns are there, and the forces of various ethnic groups are mixed, and if the influence is not spread to Jinyang, the reform will never be called successful.

He is scrambling for time, racing against time, on the side of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Yong is also fighting for his life, if he defeats Yuwen Hu, it can be expected that Yuwen Yong will also carry out a series of reforms and rapidly expand the national strength of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

In the next battle between Yuwen Hu and Yu Wen Yong, Gao Wei may be able to push it, add fuel to the fire, and make the losses of the Northern Zhou even more tragic. If you can receive the political legacy of Yuwen Hu or Yuwen Yong, it will be great.

But it is impossible for him to manipulate the political situation of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which is impossible.

The only thing he can do is to watch from the sidelines, while desperately gaining time to deepen the reform, from top to bottom, purge the Great Qi, rapidly increase the national strength, firmly grasp the military power in his hands, eliminate class contradictions, and make five fingers clenched into a fist!

"Yu Wenyong, I'm waiting for you to fight me to the death......!"

At this moment, a strong battle intent erupted in Gao Wei's chest, and even Lu Ran, who had always been accustomed to seeing the emperor's deep city mansion, was startled.

In the past year, the emperor has changed a lot, and he has gradually become moody, and his thoughts are difficult to see, like today, it has been a long time since His Majesty has not revealed the huge killing machine like a steel knife. These days, the emperor is busy appeasing his ministers, meritorious soldiers, giving grace to the literati, and appeasing the people......

The whole world was singing praises of merit, and the scene of the four seas rising to peace almost made everyone forget the cruelty and madness of killing thousands of people the night before his Taiji Palace......

At that scene just now, he suddenly had a feeling that on that night when the snow was fluttering, the demon king who had killed countless people had returned to His Majesty...... Is it the seed of the Gao family...... At this moment, he secretly sighed in his heart......

He found that what the deaf old worshipper in the Zhaoyang Hall said was not wrong at all:

"A dragon is a dragon, no matter how amiable he is, the nature of the dragon can't change ......, it hides at the bottom of the abyss, once it shows its head, even if it shows a scale and half a claw, the world ...... There will be heads and rivers of blood. ”

Lu Ran turned his head to look in the direction of the gate, the light was bright, and the summer heat had not completely faded at this time, but he felt a trace of coolness inexplicably.

The first year of Wuping is coming to an end, and the news of the harvest has spread to every corner of the Great Qi River. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Households, the amount of money and grain taxes available has exceeded that of previous years by one and a half percent, and is close to two percent, and the national strength has increased by a large margin. The emperor issued an edict to grant amnesty to the world, and except for those who were sentenced to death, the rest of the crimes were reduced by one degree. In the same month, the imperial historian Zu Ting played, imploring to re-investigate the unjust, false and wrongful cases in various parts of the world, and the emperor allowed it. Yushitai and Dali Temple have become the country's most powerful institutions, and a mighty purge that will last for several years has begun.

At the beginning of November, the first canal in the true sense of the Northern Qi Dynasty was opened, and from south to north, starting from Dongping County, the major canals across Wenshui, Jishui, and the Yellow River were initially dredged, and more than 100,000 people were dismissed to return to their hometowns. This year's disaster relief campaign has come to a successful conclusion. Gao Wei spoke highly of it, and all the courtiers and local officials who participated in it made great contributions, and Gao Rui, the king of Zhaojun, was crowned as Linzi Bo.

At the same time, the palace and the government and the opposition are also ready to move to Jinyang.

Compared with the jubilant scene of the Northern Qi Dynasty and the opposition, the Northern Zhou Dynasty was thick and bleak, and Otsuka Zaiyu Wengo finally stepped onto the political stage of Chang'an again after a month of closed-door operation. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty thought that Yuwen Hu would ask for punishment, but he didn't. Immediately, dozens of court officials who followed Yuwenhu attacked Yu Wenxian, the prince of Qi, and demanded that Yu Wenxian be executed on the charge of ineffective combat and the rout of the whole army!

As soon as he shot, he was fierce and violent.

Yu Wen Yong's faction, who was originally strategizing, panicked instantly, what should Yu Wen Yong do?