Li Ye has not left Chang'an City for a long time, and this trip to Pinglu is mainly to accompany the eldest young master to return to Penglai Shimen, and by the way, take a look at the vastness of the sea and the vastness of the waves, and relax his mood.

In recent years, in order to improve the real strength of Datang cultivation in all aspects, Li Ye can be regarded as dreaming of sleeping at night, and now that everything is on the right track, Li Ye does not want to nest in Chang'an City all day long. As a monk, you should travel a lot of ways.

If a place is stuffy for a long time, it is not conducive to the improvement of the realm.

Although Li Ye's cultivation has now reached the Great Luo Jin Immortal Realm, according to the Feihong Holy Buddha, there is no way to ascend, but Li Ye does not think that the road will have an end. Far away places that no one else has visited may not necessarily not exist. Taking a step back, even if you can't improve your cultivation, there is always room for your state of mind to go to the next level.

Penglai Daomen was suppressed early by Li Ye, and did not cause too much trouble to Li Ye, plus there is a big young master's life, although there is no past weather, but the mountain gate has not been damaged, which is a great luck in misfortune.

This time, the eldest young secretary returned and visited the division commander, which can be regarded as returning home.

Liu Beixing, the current envoy of Pinglu Jiedu, is the old man of Anwangfu, and he took hundreds of civil and military officials early to meet him thirty miles out of Qingzhou City. He arranged the scene very largely, and there were thousands of people in his entourage, in addition to a civil and military general, a road protector, and a squire and monk with a head and face in Qingzhou, they were also present.

The spring sun is mild, and Liu Beixing's cultivation is not low, but at this time, he is sweating and looking unfocused.

He kept wiping the sweat from his forehead, staring at the crossing in front of him without blinking, like a toad with an extended neck.

"Uncle, Jiedu seems to be very worried, I see that his legs are trembling, it stands to reason that he is His Majesty's old department, why does he seem frightened now?" A young man from the Cui family with clear eyebrows in the crowd asked Cui Kerang beside him curiously.

Cui Kerang snorted from his nostrils, he was the great elder of the Cui family, and naturally knew what many young people didn't know, so he said contemptuously: "Over the years, the imperial court has focused on cutting the feudal domains, and there are more than fifty feudal towns in the world, and there are still more than a certain amount of military power, and there are less than one hand.

"The most difficult towns in the world are the three towns of Hebei, but they have been subdued by His Majesty early. During the previous war with the Khitan, the three towns of Hebei were close to the battlefield and contributed a lot, which was recognized by His Majesty, so the influential generals were rewarded and promoted after the war and left the feudal towns.

"Even the Youzhou Lu Long Army has been banned now, after all, the grassland has been peaceful, and the garrisons have penetrated deep into the grassland prefectures and counties, so naturally there is no longer a need for a big festival envoy on the border.

"Nowadays, the name of Jiedu has rotted on the street, not two hundred, but also one hundred and eighteen, all of which are fictitious titles given by the imperial court to meritorious generals in the army, just to show honor, and the leader does not hold office. ”

The young Cui family's junior name is Cui Qinglin, and he said strangely: "But our Pinglu is the place where His Majesty once stayed, and it should be different from other feudal towns, right?"

Cui Kerang glanced at him, "Liu Beixing went astray because he had the same idea as you.

In the past two years, he has relied on the fact that he is an old man of Anwangfu, and has wantonly seized power under the banner of controlling all parties and stabilizing Shandong for the imperial court. But I don't know, in the current dynasty, where does the current dynasty still need a feudal town to control the place? This time, His Majesty suddenly returned to Pinglu, and his intentions are unpredictable, do you think Liu Beixing can not tremble?"

Cui Qinglin suddenly realized, "I see." It seems that Liu Beixing has suffered a lot. ”

Cui Kerang said lightly: "He is asking for his own hardship." We are different, after all, we are related to His Majesty. This time, Your Majesty will come to Pinglu, maybe you will come to the Cui family to meet the outstanding children of the clan, if you can seize the opportunity and behave in a way that Your Majesty approves, you will not worry about your future in the future. Got it?"

Cui Qinglin hurriedly surrendered his hand to be taught.

Of course, he knew how much it would be beneficial for his life to be appreciated by the emperor.

Although the Cui family is related to the emperor, everyone knows that the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty is meritocracy because of his lofty ambitions. Although the Cui family is inevitably taken care of, the specific children in the clan want to become officials, and they have to have real talents and learning.

As a handsome man in the clan, Cui Qinglin believes that he is outstanding in his talents, which is not comparable to ordinary talents, so he made up his mind that when he sees the emperor this time, as long as the other party asks, he will definitely seize the opportunity to show what he has learned.

He is very confident in himself, and he often talks about current affairs and the opposition with his friends on weekdays, and there is no shortage of splendid scenery in his chest.

When Li Ye saw the vast scene outside Qingzhou City in the clouds, he smiled dumbly, and said to the big priest beside him: "Liu Beixing seems to be worried, and he needs so many people to give him courage? ”

As he spoke, Li Ye flew down and fell slowly.

Liu Beixing only felt that there was Mount Tai pressing down on the top of his head, and he knew that Li Ye had arrived, not to mention that he was already weak-hearted, just this cultivation was coercive, so he fell to his knees with a puff.

However, he was shrewd, and threw himself to the ground, trembling and shouting: "Chen Ping Lu Jiedu made Liu Beixing to welcome Your Majesty!"

Except for Liu Beixing, the others didn't feel much oppression, after all, Li Ye didn't have any opinions about them. It's just that when they saw Li Ye's posture descending, they were still shocked by the imperial aura on the other party's body, and under the rapid heartbeat, they hurriedly lowered their heads and knelt down with Liu Beixing.

Li Ye let everyone calm down, and said lightly: "Liu Beixing, what you have done in Pinglu in the past two years has made me very dissatisfied. Now you will take off your official robes and go back to wait for disposition. ”

After saying that, he didn't give Liu Beixing a chance to defend himself, and walked past him.

Liu Beixing didn't expect Li Ye's attitude to be so straightforward, he didn't even have a chance to show loyalty and repentance, except for the first sentence of the meeting, it was an extravagant hope to open his mouth again.

As soon as the emperor's edict came out, there was naturally no room for change at will, Liu Beixing's heart was like ashes for a while, knowing that he had made a mistake before, and his life was completely ruined.

After Li Ye finished disposing of Liu Beixing, it was as if this person no longer existed in the world, completely forgot about it, smiled and talked with other officials and squires casually, came to Cui Kerang, and bowed his hand: "Is the third uncle in good health?"

Cui Kerang hurriedly returned the salute: "I don't dare to worry about Your Majesty, the minister's body is still tough......"

The two talked a few words, and Cui Kerang saw that Li Ye was smiling and had a friendly attitude, and he didn't have any bad mood at all because he had just disposed of a festival envoy, so he had the courage to introduce Cui Qinglin to Li Ye on the side, saying that this was the best young man in the family in the past two years.

Li Ye looked at Cui Qinglin with a smile, wanting to see what he had to say, how to behave himself, and give him a chance.

However, Cui Kerang's family Junyan in his mouth, but at this time, for some reason, his face was red and his teeth trembled, and he couldn't hold back a complete sentence for a long time, and he was cramped to the extreme. In the end, only a sentence of Long Live Your Majesty popped up, which made Li Ye not know what to say.

Cui Kerang couldn't help but look embarrassed, but fortunately, Li Ye didn't care, continued to chat with others, and then "drove" Qingzhou City.

Seeing Li Ye disappear in the field of vision, Cui Qinglin let out a long breath and finally came to his senses.

Before facing Li Ye, he still wanted to talk eloquently, but when Li Ye stood in front of him, he was so nervous that he couldn't say anything. After Li Ye walked in front of them, his mind was still in chaos.

Now he knew what the might of the emperor was.

Seeing Cui Kerang looking at him, Cui Qinglin could only smile bitterly and said apologetically: "Qinglin is not good, I disappointed my uncle......."

Cui Kerang waved his hand, without reproaching the other party, and sighed with emotion: "Actually, it's no wonder you, Your Majesty has just disposed of the Jiedu Envoy, and it is majestic and prosperous, and it is the first time you have seen Your Majesty, and it is understandable that you are unstable."

"To tell you the truth, Your Majesty is coming, although I can still speak, but my thinking is also sluggish, and I can only barely cope with it......"

The uncle and nephew glanced at each other, quite a bit of sympathy.

Half a sound, Cui Kerang said leisurely: "Ten years ago, the Tang Dynasty had fifty-three feudal towns, and the feudal towns had millions of troops, in addition to Hebei and border military towns, Longyou and Central Plains feudal towns should have become the barrier of Guanzhong, but in the end, like the three towns of Hebei, they became a threat to the imperial court.

Although there are hundreds of thousands of Chang'an Shence troops, their combat power is too poor to control the towns, so the majesty of the imperial court is gradually lost. Especially during the Huangchao Rebellion, the Son of Heaven ran westward, and the predicament in Shuzhong could be described as a majestic sweep, and at that time, even one of the commanders of the Fengxiang Army dared to hijack the car of the Son of Heaven.

"And right now, the arrogant and fierce feudal towns are already a thing of the past, except for a very few places such as Hexi, there are no feudal towns in various places, and those homeless soldiers before have now picked up hoes. Although the prefectures and counties have armies, their numbers are scarce, and they can only suppress bandits and stabilize local order, and they have no power to cause chaos.

"And the Chang'an forbidden army has reached as many as one million, and they are all carefully selected elites of a hundred battles! In addition, the number of monks has increased greatly, even the weakest one is stronger than the army of the three towns of Hebei in the past. Some of them are stationed in the grasslands and borders in turn, and the elite of the elite are practicing day and night, seemingly preparing for a big war......"

At this, Trek suddenly stopped.

He looked back at Cui Qinglin, who was fascinated by what he heard, and asked, "Do you understand what I mean by saying this?"

Although Cui Qinglin behaved very badly in front of Li Ye, he was indeed a talented man with a splendid chest in his heart, and immediately answered: "Uncle is saying that the court is incompetent, and when the dynasty is weak, even if he is the Son of Heaven, no matter how much he wants to shock the Quartet, in fact, he has no majesty at all, and he will only be deceived at will."

"And when the court is strong and the dynasty is at its peak, His Majesty is present, even if he does not deliberately show coercion, it will make people feel awe-inspiring and dare not slack off. ”

Trikrang nodded, "That's right. The power of the emperor is inseparable from the fortune of the country and the country, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is integrated. Today you are at a loss in front of Your Majesty, in the final analysis, it is not that you are unbearable, but that the dynasty is prosperous, and Your Majesty is as powerful as the sun.

"So you don't have to worry about it, you lose your faith. You are the light of fire, you don't have to compete with the sun and the moon, as long as you can play your own light. ”

Cui Qinglin felt Cui Kerang's care, his heart warmed, and he hurriedly bowed his head and said yes.