According to the Tsing Yi Yamen Detective Report, since the last meeting with the Khitan and Nanzhao envoys, these days, although Ma Yin's words and deeds are the same as usual, the number of outings has become much more frequent.

Sometimes it's hunting, sometimes it's hiding, sometimes it's boating on Dongting Lake, and sometimes it's going to live in Zhuangzi in various places for several days.

Strictly speaking, this is not an anomaly.

As an idle person, there are not many official duties that can be handled, except for drinking and having fun in the mansion, you can only go out to play. Ma Yin is the existence of the king, and he will definitely not go to the Qinglou - if it is the Qinglou in Chang'an, it is fine, and the Qinglou in Changsha is not worth his visit.

In the final analysis, what Lingnan Liu Yin and Ma Yin did was similar.

If it is an ordinary time, Li Ye will not only not be suspicious, but will also think that Ma Yin is very knowledgeable about current affairs, knows that his life has nothing to do with power, and understands that enjoying Gu Fugui is a serious matter.

It's a pity that the tentacles of the Tsing Yi Yamen have long been everywhere, and Ma Yin thinks that he secretly summons the old ministry and orders the old ministry to gather the subordinates, servants, and thugs, which is very hidden, but in fact, in Li Ye's opinion, it is similar to performing on the stage.

Tsing Yi Yamen is in Jincheng County, Hexi Lanzhou, and can install so many chess pieces that even Chu Zheng, a disciple of Bailu Cave, can't see any clues, and exists as an ordinary person, so the situation in Chu can be imagined.

Song Jiao swore to Li Ye that the Tsing Yi Yamen had woven a whole spider web in Chudi, and Ma Yin was at most a grasshopper on a spider web.

Although Li Ye couldn't understand why the grasshopper jumped onto the spider web, since what Aunt Song said was serious, he couldn't refute it.

"I don't think you actually need to go to Chu in person, and you don't even need to let King Qi and King Shu go, just relying on the Tsing Yi Yamen himself, you can completely calm this matter. These are Aunt Song's original words.

When she said this, Aunt Song looked at Li Ye very dissatisfied, as if she felt that Li Ye had underestimated her and Tsing Yi Yamen's abilities.

Of course, Li Ye would not underestimate Aunt Song and Tsing Yi Yamen, neither of them.

Aunt Song and Chu Nanhuai are actually the same generation, and in terms of cultivation and combat power, Aunt Song is better than Chu Nanhuai. But at this point, even Li Xian is inferior to her. It's not that Li Xian's talent is poor, but when he should be cultivating the most, Li Xian spent too much energy on military and political affairs.

Aunt Song is different, when she first helped Li Xian, she was a guard, although she also had the responsibility of listening to the news of the world for Li Xian, but she was more of a Jianghu road, so she naturally didn't need to be distracted.

Although the result was not very good, Li Xian was besieged and killed in Bagong Mountain, and Song Jiao only had time to rescue the people of Bailu Cave, and it was completely impossible to eliminate this matter in advance. But it's no wonder that Aunt Song is no wonder.

In fact, the battle of Bagong Mountain has always been a knot in Song Jiao's heart.

As Li Xian's younger sister, and the existence of Li Xian to listen to the news of the world, such a siege and killing operation occurred, no matter how you look at it, it is suspected of dereliction of duty. Because of this, after Song Jiao came to Li Ye's side, she was so conscientious that she could be called exhausted.

It's also a shame that she is a disciple of Bailu Cave, and she is an extraordinary learner, if she changes someone else, even if she works hard, I am afraid that she will not be able to run the Tsing Yi Yamen to the current state.

Not to mention anything else, in just a few years, the layout has been completed in the world, so that Li Ye can have pre-arranged chess pieces available whether he is pacifying Hedong, Dingzhong Plains, or going to Hexi, which can be called a performance against the sky.

Song Jiao has been complaining to Li Ye recently, saying that she is aging before she is old, and she has wrinkles at the corners of her eyes when she is squeezed by heavy affairs, but in fact, she is not all self-pity.

Li Ye is a human being in two lifetimes - to be precise, it should be a human being in the third life, after all, there is still the memory of this body's previous life, and he sees the human situation very thoroughly. Of course he knew that Song Jiao was lifeless to help him, and getting to the bottom of it had nothing to do with the guilt of Li Xian.

The disciples of White Deer Cave are all proud, have a very high opinion of themselves, and their affirmation of their talents and persistence in their ambitions make them transcend the ordinary worldly vision.

Song Jiao spent all her energy running the Tsing Yi Yamen, and her biggest purpose was to prove herself. Let Bailu Cave and everyone in the world see that if she really uses what she has learned in her life without shackles, she definitely has earth-shattering abilities, not that even Li Xian was besieged and killed in Bagong Mountain.

Li Ye understands this.

But understanding these does not mean that he is not grateful to Aunt Song.

Just like he told Song Jiao before, he is not a hypocritical person, and the machismo in his bones makes him unable to say sensual words. But his gratitude and gratitude to Aunt Song is actually better than anyone around him.

To be honest, Shangguan Allure's status is unique. When Li Ye self-immolated in his previous life, Shangguan Chengcheng's words "I practice it with my blood" have long made Li Ye regard her as a part of himself. So as long as she doesn't compare with Shangguan Allure, Aunt Song's status can't be shaken.

"The reason why I want to go to Chudi in person is actually for another reason, it's not that I don't trust Aunt Song and the Tsing Yi Yamen. ”

Li Ye said, "Although Ma Yin has the possibility of eroding the mountains and rivers, in my eyes, he is just a clown jumping off the beam." If it was just him, it wouldn't be enough for me to go south personally. ”

After the Battle of Hexi, the Tsing Yi Yamen has completed the adaptation of the Phantom Sound Workshop, and now there is no Phantom Sound Workshop today, only the Tsing Yi Yamen.

The original Phantom Sound Fang Shengji has disappeared from the field of vision of the world, so naturally there is no need to say much. The first commander and other veterans of the Phantom Sound Workshop have also been properly arranged in the Tsing Yi Yamen. Therefore, the current power of the Tsing Yi Yamen is very huge.

"You went to Chudi in person on this trip, but asked Wang Jian to take people to deal with Nanzhao, I don't agree with this arrangement. Song Jiao thought that Li Ye personally went south to test Wang Jian's thoughts.

She continued: "Wang Jian has been in Shuzhong for many years and already has a good influence, even if it is not deep-rooted, it must not be taken lightly.

"And he accepted your surrender and avoided the military disaster in Shuzhong, whether it was the soldiers in the army or the people, they were all grateful to him from the bottom of their hearts. If you let him attack from Shu and deal with King Nanzhao, aren't you afraid that he will take this opportunity to become bigger?"

According to Song Jiao's thoughts, it is safest for Li Ye not to use Wang Jian, just let him enjoy wealth and prosperity.

From the perspective of "imperial mental art", when the dynasty is attacked from all sides and uses troops on a large scale, all internal hidden dangers should be eliminated. Killing Wang Jian is actually the most convenient.

If Li Ye doesn't want to be treacherous, he must use Wang Jian, then letting Wang Jian go to the north is better than letting him go through Shuzhong to deal with Nanzhao.

Any courtier, who can be reused by the master in such a situation, to defend important frontier battlefields, has no reason not to be grateful to Dade.

Therefore, Song Jiao felt that letting Wang Jian deal with Nanzhao was to add to the snake.

Li Ye didn't think so, he said: "I accepted Wang Jian's surrender and kept his life, not to make an example for the people of the world and show my own benevolence, righteousness and virtue, but I can indeed tolerate this person and his life ambitions." ”

These words fell on Song Jiao's ears, making her look at Li Ye's eyes extremely weird.

The situation in the world has long been clear and clear. In Song Jiao's view, with Li Ye's meritorious talents, inheriting the throne is inevitable - she doesn't think it is against humanity.

For the sake of the throne, Emperor Taizong can kill his brother and kill his brother, and persecute his father under house arrest - although from the perspective of historical facts, Taizong is also for self-preservation, and if he doesn't do this, he will be killed by his brother, but after all, this is the case, since it has been done, how the people of the world want to see Emperor Taizong have to continue.

There is such a precedent in the Tang Dynasty, Li Ye asked Li Yan to give him the throne, what is not to say? Not to mention that Li Yan himself doesn't care about things, in Song Jiao's mind, he is a faint monarch, even if he is a Ming monarch, so what?

Since he is a person who wants to be the emperor, he naturally can't listen to the hidden dangers around him. Even if Li Ye has the mind of Emperor Taizong and does not kill heroes, there is no reason to reuse his former opponents.

Li Ye's ability to allow King Qi to lead troops into battle was enough to surprise Song Jiao, and later she knew that King Qi was a woman, so she didn't care. Although the difference between men and women in the Xiuzhen world is not so big, there has never been a woman on the throne - except for Wu Zetian.

But Wang Jian is a real man, and it is possible for him to seek a great cause.

Even Ma Yin dared to seek to achieve his own merits under the situation of the world's attack on the Tang Dynasty, Wang Jian was ten times stronger than Ma Yin, and he was forced by the situation to surrender to the imperial court before, but now he really has no other thoughts?

Li Ye looked at Song Jiao's appearance, and knew what the other party was thinking, and he smiled helplessly at himself, "Aunt Song is too worried." The most fundamental reason why I can not kill Zhu Wen, reuse King Qi, and promise the King of Shu a lifetime is not that I believe in them unconditionally, but that I have the ability to control them.

"The princes of the world, in my eyes, are no more than Erer. If I want to kill them, it's really a backhand. I have absolute control over the world of Datang, which is the basic reason why I can accept all rivers. ”

Hearing this, Song Jiao didn't know what to say for a while.

Throughout the ages, an emperor who is qualified to say that he can control the entire world with his own strength may not exist at all. I'm afraid that only Emperor Qin and Han Wu can barely reach this level.

Why is this very unlikely? It is only necessary to say a very simple truth: if the combined strength of all the courtiers exceeds that of the emperor, then the emperor cannot be said to be able to suppress the world on his own.

This argument seems unreasonable. After all, if all the courtiers are enemies of the emperor, I am afraid that it will only appear in the last days of the dynasty. But as an emperor, you should look at things this way.

Only by looking at the problem in this way will they guard against every courtier, do not pay absolute trust, always maintain the balance of the courtier's power, and even deliberately create confrontation. Why is the core and basic idea of the Emperor's Mind Technique the Balance Technique? This is the truth.

The world is big, and the emperor is the most insecure person.

He had to guard against everyone coveting his throne.

There is no more noble existence in the world than the throne.

So the emperor thinks that everyone is coveting his throne.

But this kind of truth is not allowed here in Li Ye.

Throughout history, not all kings have used balancing skills on the court to ensure their absolute control over the court and the world.

For example, Qin Xiaogong won the canal beam.

He used Shang Ying to change the method, that is, he completely trusted Shang Ying.

Qin Xiaogong did this because the Qin State had reached the autumn of life and death, otherwise, it was not enough for the Qin State to continue to survive in the Warring States.

But Li Ye is different. He did this in order to restore the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

On the surface, the two are indeed different, but in essence, there is no difference between the two.

Qin Xiaogong needs to use Shang Yang to make Qin gather the strength of all its people, although Li Ye did not achieve the purpose of uniting people's hearts through King Qi and King Shu, but his fundamental request is to make all the people loyal to him.

Therefore, his image must be perfect, even higher than all the emperors before him.

The attitude that Li Ye is expressing now is that he dares to seek this because he is completely able to control the world by himself.

Song Jiao couldn't refute such a Li Ye.

She looked at Li Ye and smiled dumbly, her eyes were bright and obviously a little strange, and said: "I told myself a long time ago that you are different from Li Xian, and you can't be measured by the standard of Li Xian." So over the years, I have been looking at you by the standards of the previous Ming Monarch.

"Now I realize that I am still wrong, you may not be like all emperors. Although it is not known exactly what the reason for this is, the facts cannot be refuted. You can indeed control the whole world on your own. The old story of the Kunlun Revolution will never be staged again.

"Even if Zhu Wen, Wang Jian, and Li Maozhen join forces now, they can't endanger your life. Even if they cooperate with those opponents who attacked Tang, they will not be able to overthrow your country. I don't know when it came to this, but I feel it now, I feel it very clearly, that reality has become like this.

"This is really strange, you are obviously the pinnacle of the Yang God True Human Realm, but you have the ability to kill all the monks in the world in an instant. It's incredible. But perhaps, this is the ability that a true emperor should have. If you do that, you should become the lord of the world.

"If this time the situation of the world's attack on the Tang Dynasty is resolved and broken by you, I can't even imagine what kind of existence can prevent you from restoring the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. Even, I already have a vague feeling that the Tang Dynasty you created may even surpass the Tianbao Datang!"

Li Ye nodded again and again when he heard this, and did not hide his feelings.

He doesn't need to hide himself.

Only those who are strong enough to a certain extent can not hide themselves.

In any case, it is a happy thing to have a soulmate.

Aunt Song can know herself so well and have so much confidence in herself, even if Li Ye is not proud, her heart is happy.

......

From Guanzhong to the south, you have to cross the Qinling Mountains.

The steep terrain of the mountains and the towering passes of the main roads and passes are necessary measures to defend Gyeonggi. It's a pity that the danger of the mountains and rivers in the country is destined to not last long. No matter how dangerous the pass is, it needs to be guarded, and once the soldiers defending the city are discouraged and have no fighting spirit, the moat is also a way.

Huang Chao was able to break through Tongguan head-on, of course, the fundamental reason was not that Tongguan was in disrepair, nor how capable his troops were, but that the soldiers guarding the pass would collapse at the touch of a button.

When Li Ye, Wang Jian, Li Maozhen and others entered Hanzhong through the Qinling Mountains, they looked at the mountains, rivers and clouds, and couldn't help but think of the past events that were targeted by the Daomen of Zhongnan Mountain when they arrived at Zhongnan Mountain at the beginning of the year.

At that time, not long after he had just achieved Qi training, he came here to investigate a major murder case when he was out of the official assessment, and uncovered the conspiracy of Daomen to frame Li Xian, and brought Song Jiao, the commander of the Tsing Yi Yamen, back to Chang'an.

"The past is more than a thousand years, Wei Wu whipped the whip, and there is a legacy in the east of Jieshi. The bleak autumn wind is now again, and the world has changed. ”

Facing the familiar scenery of mountains and rivers, Li Ye couldn't help but chant this sentence.

King Qi secretly repeated it, and looked at Li Ye strangely: "This seems to be a word, and the charm is good." But now it's spring, how do you say bleak autumn breeze? Also, I've never heard this word before, is it your new work?"

Li Ye replied casually: "It's not my work, it's Taizu's words." ”

"Taizu, which dynasty is Taizu?" King Qi was stunned, and carefully recalled the emperors of all dynasties, "Since the Qin and Han dynasties, it seems that there is no emperor who is called Taizu, right? The founding kings of the Han and Tang dynasties are also called Gaozu ......."

Only then did Li Ye realize that he had slipped his mouth. Of course, he couldn't explain to King Qi, it was his Taizu in that era on the earth, and he could only cover up the past under the guise of haha.

"Your Royal Highness, this trip to the lower officials set out from Shuzhong, leading the Tsing Yi Yamen monks and Shu soldiers to take Nanzhao directly, how the war will be is unpredictable, but with the helpers sent by His Highness, I don't think there will be much problem. I don't know if His Highness still needs to entrust?" Wang Jian looked a little cramped when he said this.

Not only Song Jiao, but he himself felt that there seemed to be something wrong with Li Ye's arrangement.

The problem is that you trust yourself too much.

Of course, there may also be another possibility. Li Ye thinks that he is naturally rebellious and is very uneasy about himself.

He even thought that he would want to rebel at the first opportunity, so he simply gave himself such a chance to show his fox tail. And then when things are not out of control, they will kill themselves with thunderous means.

Just like this time with Ma Yin.

Li Ye was worried about how to perfunctory King Qi, so that she didn't always chase and ask who Taizu was, and if Wang Jian asked him to change the topic, he was naturally very willing to answer.

He smiled and said casually: "Although Nanzhao has endangered Shu and the Lingnan border for many years, compared to the entire dynasty, it is only a disease of scabies, and it is a big fuss to mobilize the Chang'an forbidden army to deal with them." To pacify Nanzhao, you only need to send a partial division. The King of Shu has an old grudge with Nanzhao, and this time I have helped you, but it is a matter of my heart. ”

Nanzhao is the later Dali State, the land of Jin Yongli's "Duan Yu", which is Yunnan and its surroundings in later generations.

If compared to the Central Plains, Tubo and Khitan were a group of barbarians, then most of the people in Nanzhao at this time were savages. Shanzhai and Shantou tribes are the main groups, and there are not many people in a limited number of cities. The king of Nanzhao is nominally the king of Nanzhao, but in fact he is the leader of the alliance.

They were able to endanger Shu and the Lingnan border before, but they were just taking advantage of the weakness of the Tang Dynasty.

Now that the Tang Dynasty is calm, to solve them, in Li Ye's view, it is a matter of waving his sleeves.

If he didn't know that he was not strong, King Nanzhao would also form an alliance with the Khitan and respect him everywhere.

Nanzhao thought that they had leaned on a big tree with lush foliage, and they could enjoy the shade in a good way, but they didn't know that in Li Ye's mind, if the Khitan was a big tree, then the Tang Dynasty should be the sky on the head of the big tree!