Li Jinglan did not answer, and then said: "King Qin's eyes are only staring at this capital, this palace, and that dragon chair. He thought that as long as he could ascend to the throne of God, he could easily put down the rebellion, but in fact he was not.

Although the vassal kings were ill-prepared and uneven, they still outperformed the imperial court in terms of military strength. If the King of Qin was in charge, would he be able to tolerate General Yang taking full command of the Imperial Forest Army? He couldn't, he would create a constraint for General Yang, and even snatch General Yang's military power.

King Qin may be able to defeat Yongliang's cavalry, and may be able to make a similar strategy to General Yang, but so what? He has lost the hearts of the people, and even if General Yang can help, he will not do his best to help His Majesty, or even give everything. ”

Zhao Qinian's tears welled up all of a sudden, he didn't care about any heart and strategy, he only knew that his father-in-law had paid too much for him, so much that he couldn't repay.

And today he even doubts his father-in-law.

"I was wrong, I should have taken over the military power that day, if I had had more courage at the beginning, I wouldn't have ......" Zhao Qinian cried bitterly, covering his eyes with his hands, and his heart was full of remorse.

Li Jinglan sighed and leaned back in his chair, "Your Majesty is at fault, but today's incident will happen even if Your Majesty took over the military power." ”

"Why?" Zhao Qinian raised his head suddenly, he was not happy about it, but even more guilty, because it showed that he had other faults.

"What General Yang wants His Majesty to see today, how much does Your Majesty see?"

Zhao Qinian thought for a long time before he slowly spoke, "Today, my father-in-law pretended to kill me, but there were only a few people who stopped him, did he want to tell me that I should cultivate my cronies?"

Li Jinglan nodded slightly, but then asked again: "Then why does Your Majesty think Su Shangshu will help Your Majesty?"

Zhao Qinian had already thought about this question, but he didn't know why, he frowned and asked: "Su Shangshu was born in Jiangmen, and he has always been at odds with Li Xiang, so it stands to reason that he shouldn't help you after Li Xiang speaks out, I can't figure it out." ”

Li Jinglan smiled, "Your Majesty, Su Shangshu is not a helper, and he is not all helping His Majesty, but more to help himself and his Su family." ”

"Please Li Xiang's details. ”

"Su Shangshu has many children in the army, and there are many people in the military department, so he wants military power. And now that the military power is in the hands of General Yang, and he is deeply trusted by His Majesty, if he wants to get the military power, he must seize the handle of General Yang.

It just so happened that General Yang came to assassinate His Majesty today, and he would not let go of the opportunity, but he couldn't let His Majesty be killed, and the chaotic Ming Wu was not what he wanted, so he wanted to help His Majesty.

Then Your Majesty, why is it that only Su Shangshu is helping you, while the other nobles are just watching from the sidelines?"

Zhao Qinian hadn't finished digesting Li Jinglan's words, and asked hesitantly: "Because Su Shangshu can help me benefit the family, but others can't?"

Li Jinglan still didn't give a direct answer, "Xungui has been developing for hundreds of years, and his power in the court is unmatched, and his children are all over the place, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the cornerstone of the court's affairs."

The imperial court needs the support of various families, but each family may not need the imperial court so much, so why can the first emperor be able to speak his word, and all the nobles also support the first emperor? This is something that His Majesty wants to study. ”

Zhao Qinian nodded thoughtfully, and thought of something, "Then why do those few cold families also help me? They are no more than eight grades, and they are light-hearted, they can't benefit the family, and they are likely to be unable to get out of the way, why should they?"

"They are recommended by ministers, that is the grace of knowing the encounter, although the scholar is upright, but there is kindness will be repaid, and ten thousand deaths will be gone. ”

"Then shouldn't I also promote some poor people?"

Li Jinglan shook his head, "Your Majesty, if you want to cultivate your cronies, you should not go with utilitarianism, but with sincerity, otherwise you will only lose people's hearts." ”

Zhao Qinian was stunned, and he was ashamed of what he had just thought.

Li Jinglan didn't care, and even hoped that Zhao Qinian could recognize but not admit his mistakes, but unfortunately Zhao Qinian was Zhao Qinian after all, even if he saw more things clearly, he couldn't change his roots.

"Your Majesty doesn't seem to be worried about General Yang?"

"Father-in-law?" Zhao Qinian rarely gained some self-confidence, and chuckled, "I just need to do what my father-in-law did before, first wronged my father-in-law to stay in prison for a period of time, and then release my father-in-law when the limelight passes?"

If it really can't be done, then a painless crime can be convicted, and a punishment can be given, so what is there to worry about? The ministers of the DPRK and China should all understand that the father-in-law is not really a rebellion. But this time my father-in-law's reputation may be even worse, so I'll have to think of a way. ”

Li Jinglan opened his mouth, looked at the naïve Zhao Qinian and couldn't speak, and finally could only sigh: "I hope so." ”

......

Chudi.

After the girl and the old man followed the grain team to Ezhou City, they did not continue to follow them back to Muzhen by boat, but continued to walk west, which made Li Congwen feel like he was revisiting.

It also made him more homesick.

The coastal areas from Yuezhou to Ezhou have been significantly more affected by the flooding, and even some farmland far from the shore has not been restored, leaving the local people in a state of grief.

This is what Xiaohua said.

"Xiaohua, do you feel that your demonic power has become more?" Li Congwen could feel that Xiaohua's body was a little stronger than before.

"Is there one?" the round eyes revealed doubt, and the girl smiled and touched it.

Li Congwen replied while enjoying it: "Yes, you basically didn't feel the weak demon power when you smelled the smell before, but now even if you use the demon power to smell the sadness, the demon power has not decreased, but it has just increased?"

Xiaohua was even more puzzled, "I didn't smell it with my demon power?"

"Huh?" Li Congwen was dumbfounded, "Then how do you know they're unhappy?"

"I can see it. Xiaohua replied as a matter of course.

Li Congwen looked at the people in the village, one by one, they were all in autumn, and they were sitting at the door of their houses with their fans doing nothing, their eyes revealing confusion, as if they were really not very happy?

Li Congwen nodded again and again, "Okay, Xiaohua, you can see this, maybe you will be able to understand the cat's words in the future!"

"What does this have to do with cat talk, and why can't it understand human speech?"

"Cats are the same kind as you, why do you want to listen to people?" Li Congwen replied as a matter of course.

Xiaohua was silent for a while, turned her head to look at the people around her, suddenly felt that they were a little strange, and shook her head violently, "No, no, people have saved me, so I am willing to play with people reluctantly." ”

"People have abandoned you. ”

Xiaohuatou lowered her eyelids, and absentmindedly followed the girl's family.

......

The effects of the summer floods have not yet faded, and the continuous autumn rain has fallen again.

Xiaohua, who was wandering by the river, shook off the rain on her body, but was wet with more rain, and was about to go back, when she heard Li Congwen say: "Don't leave yet." ”

"What's wrong?" Xiaohua doesn't like to get wet, although the weather is not cold, but she always feels that there is a cold strand to drill into her bones.

"It's raining and it's good to catch fish. ”

"You don't want to play with my body again, do you?" said Xiaohua vigilantly.

lent his body to Li Congwen to play before, and I don't know what this person thinks, he actually stood up and walked on his two hind legs, and his posture was indescribably wanton and chic.

Then he stepped on his tail and fell, and was laughed at by the girl all night.

"No, no, no. Li Congwen was a little distressed, "If you catch it yourself, I'll watch it, and don't play with your body." ”

"I'll catch it myself?" Xiaohua looked at the surging river that was a little rising, and she didn't dare.

"Don't worry, if you are washed away by the water, I will save you. ”

Xiaohua hesitated for a moment, and saw that there were fish in the river coming out of the water and spitting bubbles, but finally couldn't resist the temptation, and ran to the river on four legs.

From time to time, rain fell in front of her to cover her vision, Xiaohua was unaccustomed to swinging her head, and she didn't find anything delivered to her door after watching it by the river for a long time, but many fish swam close to Xiaohua and looked at Xiaohua, as if to satirize his timidity.

"They laugh at you. Li Congwen said with a smile.

Xiaohua couldn't fold her face, sighed, turned around and left, "I don't know like these stupid fish." ”

"But the fish is so delicious, don't you want to eat it?"

Flora's footsteps stopped, and she returned to the shore, and a wave hit and soaked into Flora's front paws.

Swallowing like a human, he asked sneeringly, "Congwen, can you really save me when I am washed away by the water?"

"Yes. Li Congwen answered categorically.

Xiaohua looked at the silly fish that were spitting bubbles by the river, and threw herself into the water with a whimper, and then saw that the fish suddenly became so far away from her.

After being stunned for a while, he realized that he was swept away by the river.

"Help!"

Li Congwen plucked out his non-existent ears, "What do you shout, just swim back by yourself." ”

Xiaohua was still fluttering while talking, and she also drank several sips of water, "I can't swim!

Li Congwen smashed his mouth and felt that the taste of the river water was not bad, but unfortunately there was a little sand mixed in it, which affected the taste.

"Calm down, you are full of demonic power now, attach demonic power to your limbs, and you can flutter back even if you flutter around. ”

"I'm just talking about it now! If I die, we'll be finished together!" Xiaohua said this, but still tried her best to drive a lot of demonic power in her body.

After the demonic power was attached to the limbs, he obviously felt that his strength was much greater, but he still couldn't swim to the shore if he fluttered indiscriminately.

"Phew, bah, bah. Xiaohua spit, "No, why am I still in the same place, how can I swim?"

Li Congwen looked at the shore that really didn't get closer, and couldn't help but be a little strange, "Eh, it doesn't seem to be getting closer, and it seems to be farther away?"

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and find a way! How to swim back!" Xiaohua felt that her demonic power was about to run out, but the raging river was endless.

"I don't know how to swim, and I thought I could go back when I had a lot of strength. Li Congwen scratched his chin.

Xiaohua's fluttering body paused, and he almost sank to the bottom of the river, but he knew that his heart was probably not far from the bottom of the river, "You can't swim?"