The beginning of spring is a good solar term, and the plan of the year lies in spring, which shows that spring can have a new beginning and new hope. At this time, the downtrodden will be eager to turn things around, and the successful will look forward to the next level. Hope is something that everyone wants.

But for Wang Jian, the king of Shu, this spring does not give him much vitality, even if everything is flourishing, his achievements are still lifeless. It may not be accurate to say that it is lifeless, but it is much more appropriate to be scarred.

Sitting on the big chair in the main hall of the palace, his vision passed through the empty hall, overlooking a large area of Chengdu outside the palace, Wang Jian's mood was lonely. It looked like a withered river grass, still glowing earthy yellow, with no signs of greening.

The Yizhou City in front of you is no longer as prosperous as it used to be, and there are few businessmen and people on the street who are rubbing shoulders with each other.

After the Shangyuan Festival, the official government opened the seal, and even the officials were listless, for several days, and even the palace was a little unavailable.

Wang Jian's body is still round, strong and rich, but his eye sockets are deep-set, his eyelids are blue, and he obviously has no energy.

The morning's deliberations had long since been dismissed, and now that it was past lunchtime, the waiter had come several times, and he was still sitting in his chair.

He was struggling to find a way out, or more precisely, his own way out. There is a way out in Shuzhong, there will be no matter what, what he has to do is to avoid the future of Shuzhong without himself.

Last year, the Central Plains suffered a fiasco, with nearly 500,000 troops lost, and Wang Jian's hard-working foundation was almost destroyed. The southern states and counties of central Shu fell one after another, and the military situation was like fire.

Wang Jian responded urgently, but less than 100,000 soldiers and horses could be transferred to the battlefield, and the news of the unfavorable situation of the war came back to Chengdu, and many merchants and ordinary people fled.

In recent decades, Shuzhong has not been peaceful, and Chengdu has not been under the city by the Southern Zhao soldiers, and everyone has long learned to move when they hear the wind.

In the end, he was able to resist the Nanzhao army, and Wang Jian was completely taking the lives of the monks, especially the great monks of the real human realm. After the end of the war, nearly half of the great monks under his command were killed or wounded! This made his eyes red for half a month.

After the foundation of the army was greatly damaged, the strength of the monks was greatly damaged, and during the Shangyuan Festival, there were actually deserted generals under Wang Jian's command! There have already been three such incidents in the prefectures and counties bordering Hanzhong, and the highest position is still a state and city defense envoy!

Not only are the generals on the run, but the same is true for the monks, if it weren't for Wang Jian blocking the passage of the Sword Gate and imposing martial law in Chengdu, not only the Qi cultivators would have fled, but even the real human realm would have been the same.

Of course, Wang Jian knew why these people were fleeing and why they were fleeing at this time.

When he resisted the army of Nanzhao, the imperial court sent troops to Hexi, King An and King Qi joined forces to fight, and the twelve states of Hexi were recovered in October, destroying the Moon God Cult and shaking the four fields.

Then he led the army of monks north to Liangzhou, and fought with Shimen at the same time in Pipa Mountain and Yangguan, and won a great victory, which shocked all directions.

Since then, Hexi and Northwest have returned to the hands of the imperial court, and the remnants of Shimen have been surrendered by King An, willing to be a minion of the court, and reduced to a sword in the hands of King An.

Shuzhong is compared with the imperial court, and Wang Jian is different from Li Ye. But anyone who has a little insight can see the phenomenon of the prosperity of the dynasty and the decay of Shuzhong.

In this case, it is really normal for people who are determined to abandon Shuzhong and join the imperial court.

Wang Jian had no other way except to behead the captured monks with iron and blood, kill chickens and monkeys, and open the treasury to reward his subordinates.

He had to come up with a way to break the game.

"Your Highness, it's time for dinner. No matter how worried you are about military and political affairs, you must also take care of your health, once Your Highness hurts your heart, it will be a disaster in Shuzhong. Princess Liu came to Wang Jian's side, grabbed his hand and said comfortingly.

Wang Jian came back from his contemplation, sighed heavily, looked at the gentle and virtuous Liu, and said: "Now the city is full of gossip, and it is said that when King An entered and occupied Hexi, the reason why he did not send a large army was that he wanted to use troops in Shuzhong in a big way after the beginning of spring. At present, everyone in Shu is in danger, morale is low, I have no ability, but I don't have to show it!"

Liu shook his head and said firmly: "Your Highness has defeated the Nanzhao army of the northern invaders in less than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the military is in full swing, and everyone in Shu is subdued, how can the morale be low? ”

Wang Jian laughed at himself, "Where did I defeat the soldiers and horses of Nanzhao! They had robbed enough of the goods and people, and they didn't want to fight for a long time in the cold winter, so they retreated." I just stopped their invasion of Chengdu, and in this way, I also damaged nearly half of the human realm......"

Speaking of this, Wang Jian turned his head to look outside the hall gate, his eyes full of bitterness.

He continued: "When King Nanzhao retired from the army, he shouted at me before closing the city, saying that in the spring of this year, he would definitely raise another million soldiers to capture Yizhou Chengdu Mansion in one fell swoop! An uncivilized Nanban dared to speak so loudly, and at that time, I really wanted to take off his head! It's a pity that I have more than enough heart but not enough strength......

Liu Shi held Wang Jian's hand tightly, tears welling up in his eyes, "Your Highness, you can't be presumptuous! You have ambition and great talent, even if there are some setbacks in front of us, we will eventually get through the difficulties......"

"Tide over the difficulties?" Wang Jian shook his head, "I'm afraid I won't have this chance." No accident, King An will soon send troops to Shuzhong, and now the whole country, only Shuzhong will not return to the court, and he will not let go of Shuzhong.

"Do you know that now all over Shu are circulating, King An's green shirt and sword, fighting 50,000 monks and soldiers in front of Yangguan, stepping on the flying leaf boat, and floating and returning the legendary story?

"The human heart is no longer with me, what can I do?"

Liu burst into tears, already crying speechless.

Wang Jian patted her hand, chatted with comfort, stood up, looked at Chengdu City with his hands, and Xiao Suo with his back: "From the moment King Qi returned to King An, I knew that Shuzhong had embarked on a single-plank bridge. I thought that while King An went to Hexi, I could still make a difference, but I didn't expect Nanzhao to commit a crime in the north at this time, which made me enthusiastic...... It's all in vain!

"The general trend is in the court or not, this is the number of days, what can people do?"

At the palace, Li Ye met with Wukong and Wei Xiaozhuang, who were now sect leaders tasked with preaching on the plateau, helping the imperial court to control the Tibetans spiritually, and infiltrating the Uighurs in the Western Regions.

This time, the two came together, in addition to reporting on the affairs of the plateau and the Western Regions, they also discussed the intention of the two sects to divide the sphere of influence in the Tang Dynasty in the future.

Buddhism and Taoism have been competing for a long time, although the current Quanzhen Concept and the Voidless Liberation Gate are essentially different from the previous Daomen and Liberation Gates, but after all, they are still two mountains, and in order to avoid infighting, Li Ye needs to carve out a territory for them.

"There is no territorial division, and it is not a gangster, what kind of mountain to build. Li Ye waved his hand and said to Wukong and Wei Xiaozhuang: "Shimen, Quanzhenguan, in the future, they will be the two Jianghu sects under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, eliminate those deceptive nonsense in your teachings, and it will be enough to develop ordinary sects." ”

Wukong glanced at Wei Xiaozhuang, and they both saw the bitterness in each other's eyes.

Without those deceptive classics, how can we fool the Tibetan people and control their thoughts and spirits?

Li Ye also quickly thought of this, adding: "You can deceive outsiders, but you don't have to treat Chinese people." Well, in the future, when the Tang army goes out to fight, you will be the vanguard, infiltrate the enemy country first, and control the thoughts of the enemy people. In this way, when the army arrives, it will be best if it can make them surrender without a fight.

"We must not allow the enemy country to surrender, but at least we must fool their people into joining forces with the army. ”

Speaking of this, Li Ye paused, touched his chin and said seriously: "It seems a bit too much to say the word 'flickering', after all, you are also a part of our Han and Tang civilizations, representing our face, and you are not completely deceiving."

"You go back and change the doctrine first, the focus is to let others know how powerful we are, arouse their worship of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and be proud to be able to go to Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty and be a Tang person. Arouse their enthusiasm for fighting all their lives in order to become Tang people! The word 'flickering' should be changed to "ideological transformation" or "promoting ideological progress," which is more accurate. ”

Hearing Li Ye say this, Wukong and Wei Xiaozhuang were both embarrassed.

Li Ye moved his mouth easily, if he really wanted to change the doctrine of the two religions like this, it would be a huge project.

However, since Li Ye gave the order, they had no room to refuse, so they could only do as they were told.

Although the workload is large, the prospect that Li Ye paints is very tempting. As long as you think about the future of the true view and the place where you go without emptiness, you are all people who are committed to the Tang Dynasty, and they are all people who have struggled all their lives to become the Tang Dynasty, it is a crazy thing.

What is the difference between struggling all their lives to become Tang people and fighting for Datang all their lives? When they arrive in Datang, they have to pay taxes to the Tang court.

And those who can do this are naturally the elites of various states, so that they can all become a brick and tile of Datang, which can be regarded as the introduction of talents, which can definitely promote the prosperity of Datang.

Of course, the threshold for becoming a Tang dynasty must be raised, the number of people must be strictly controlled, and the status must be limited, so that An Lushan's old things cannot be repeated.

Thinking of this, Wukong and Wei Xiaozhuang felt that one day, it would really be possible for the Quanzhen View and Wukong Liberation Gate to be built to the edge of the sky.

After going out with Wei Xiaozhuang, Li Ye picked up an official document and read it naturally, as if he had just said a common thing.

At this time, he did not realize that internally it was only a sect of rivers and lakes under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, but externally it was a two religions that changed the thinking of the enemy countrymen, and in the process of subsequent development, it gradually became a national secret agency.

This powerful secret service has the power of doctrine and power, and it can both change people's minds and destroy people's flesh.

When dealing with the people who can turn the enemy into me, the doctrine is a sharp weapon for spreading the gospel of the Celestial Empire, and when dealing with the "backward faction" who cannot turn the enemy into me, the strength is the executioner who sends them to hell.

The concept of self-improvement and the non-empty interpretation of the door truly became a favorable vanguard for the Tang Army to open up the frontier.

They are the demons who terrify the rulers of the enemy country, but they are also the heavenly masters who make the people of the enemy country rush to follow...... Envoy.

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As Wang Jian expected, when the spring flowers were blooming, Li Ye mobilized the troops of various towns in Guanzhong, as well as the newly formed Shence army, and began to march towards Hanzhong, preparing to completely solve the sleeping people on the side of the couch in Shuzhong.

The newly formed Shence Army is composed of the elite troops of each feudal town, which on the one hand ensures its own strong combat power, and on the other hand, it also weakens the military strength of the feudal town, which is a matter of killing two birds with one stone.

In the beginning, most of the feudal army was composed of displaced people, but later formed a stable interest group within the feudal town, all for the survival and interests of the feudal town and itself.

Whenever there is an edict from the imperial court, the army of the feudal town refuses to fight hard, retreats when it encounters danger, moves forward when there is a benefit, slacks off without a reward, disobeys the orders of the imperial court, or even directly ignores it, resulting in the so-called "arrogant soldiers" situation.

To the imperial court, the feudal army was already very similar to the mercenary army.

They have their own interests and rules of survival, and they have no loyalty to the imperial court.

Now that Li Ye is here, the feudal town does not dare to make trouble, and the civil and military generals and monks sent by the imperial court have gradually grasped the power of the feudal town and controlled the situation.

After the implementation of the new policy, allowing the common people to have their own land, live and work in peace and contentment, and solve the problem of displaced people, the foundation of the existence of the feudal town was weakened, and then by gradually eroding the strength of the feudal army, the state of finally making the feudal town cease to exist was Li Ye's solution to the cancer of the feudal town.

In winter, when Li Ye and King Qi went out to fight in Hexi, Li Zhen, Cui Keli and others had already completed the preliminary selection of the Shence Army. Although the number of people is not large for the time being, there are 300,000, and the Pinglu army is the backbone.

The new Shence Army was named the Chang'an Forbidden Army by Li Ye, and temporarily had three names: the Longxiang Army, the Tiger Guard Army, and the Wolf Tooth Army. Each army has 100,000 soldiers, and there is a chief general, called the general of the army, and a deputy general under its jurisdiction.

In order to avoid excessive authority, the forbidden army does not have a commander-in-chief, but only a general who commands the army, which is under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council. The three armies of Longxiang, Huwei, and Langya respectively have Zhao Poyu, Zhao Bingkun, and Shangguan Chengcheng as generals, and Zhao Nianci, Yang Xingmi, and Sun Ru are among the deputy generals.

The 300,000 elites in a hundred battles are the first stage of Li Ye's policy of strengthening the weak branches.

After the 300,000 Chang'an forbidden army and the 200,000 troops of various towns in Guanzhong entered Hanzhong, they temporarily stopped advancing and got more than ten days of rest and recuperation.

Next, the army will march towards the Sword Gate, the road is rugged and narrow, not to mention difficult to walk, and the fierce battle is about to break out, so that the soldiers can recharge their energy and prepare for fierce battles.

Li Ye took the order of the young master, and Li Maozhen and Song Jiao, and when the army was resting, he flew over the big and small sword mountains and overlooked the Jianmen Xiongguan.

"It is difficult to go to Shu Road, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky. When the army entered Shu, it had to take the narrow and dangerous plank road in the mountains, not to mention, and it was also necessary to overcome the Jianmen Pass that locked the mountain. This is a real place where a husband and a man can not be opened, and it is also equipped with a special protection array, and the real realm has no way to take it. ”

King Qi opened the folding fan and shook it gently on his chest, with an elegant and elegant demeanor, "Although Wang Jian has suffered a lot of losses because of the two major battles, it is still extremely difficult for the army to enter Shuzhong if he guards the Sword Gate Pass. ”

Li Ye saw that her words were serious and dignified, but he looked confident, and said with a smile: "Doesn't King Qi already have a good way to break the barrier?"

"I don't have a good way to break the barrier. King Qi snapped the folding fan, gently tapped his palm, and paused for a moment, "But I have a plan for Pingshu." ”

"I hope that King Qi will not hesitate to give advice. Li Ye pretended to arch his hand and said very cooperatively.

A smile appeared at the corner of King Qi's eyes, expressing his appreciation for Li Ye's cooperation, "It's easy to say." I went to Chengdu to persuade Wang Jianna. ”

Li Ye didn't expect the other party's plan to calm Shu, that is, to ride alone to persuade Wang Jian to surrender! Rao was already accustomed to King Qi's increasingly reckless and domineering spirit, and he was also deeply surprised at this moment. But looking at King Qi's appearance, it really doesn't look like a joke.

Li Ye said solemnly: "If you can persuade Wang Jian, you will naturally be very good, and Your Majesty and I will not hesitate to ensure that he will be rich and prosperous in his life." Storming the Sword Gate, the soldiers will indeed suffer heavy losses, adding countless orphans and widows to the Tang Dynasty, but this plan must also be feasible. ”

He didn't think Li Maozhen would be able to persuade Wang Jian to surrender.

Li Maozhen patted Li Ye's shoulder, looking like a confidant eldest sister, and her sighs were all heartfelt and long-hearted.

She said seriously: "Wang Jian and I met in the Shence Army, and we were also close to each other at the beginning, and later stayed in the Fengxiang Army together, participated in the pacification of the Huangchao Rebellion, and also had the friendship of bloody comrades. After the events of the year, you, I, Zhu Wen, and Wang Jian drank happily in King An's Mansion, and they also had brotherly love.

Although after that, everyone went their separate ways and became rivals in the face of the torrent of world contention, there were not many personal grudges. We have not killed his wife or his children, nor have he killed my father and mother. At present, Wang Jian is in a predicament, there are no soldiers, no food, and stubborn resistance is nothing more than adding casualties and cannot change the general trend.

"If the dynasty wants to prosper, and the prosperous era will come again, after all, it is necessary to use troops from the outside world, and it will be good to have a long and short period with foreign races, and there will be less blood in the country. In the end, I also pulled him when he was in a desperate situation. This guy is not a stupid person, he should see the situation clearly, and he will not live up to his ability to serve the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Maozhen's words are reasonable, with the righteousness of the family and the country, as well as personal friendship. The embodiment is not only the splendid in King Qi's chest, but also Li Maozhen's three-view character, so that Li Ye doesn't know how to refute it.

Either way, it's too dangerous.

In case Wang Jian's house, similar to Suo Xun and others, has a narrow mind that he will fight to the end for his own wealth and fame-to be honest, most of the people in the upper positions have this kind of mind, then Li Maozhen is tantamount to a sheep in the mouth of a tiger.

Without waiting for Li Ye to speak, Li Maozhen said: "With me as a reference, he won't believe in your character." Okay, don't be a mother-in-law, as long as Wang Jian agrees to let me pass the Sword Gate, I have to leave no matter how I go this time, and only I can go!"

Seeing that Li Ye was still pondering, Li Maozhen suddenly smiled.

This smile is as fresh as a white cloud and as transparent as flowing water.

She said: "Li Ye, you have to understand that you are not only a hero in Datang, and if Datang wants to reproduce the prosperous era, you cannot be the only hero." I, Li Maozhen, am the king of Qi, can't I go to a Hongmen banquet? Besides, Wang Jian is not an overlord, what are you worried about?"

In the end, Li Ye agreed to Li Maozhen's plan.

She is also a king, and she has the spirit of a king!

Li Ye respects this spirit.

Respect her too.

Wang Jian agreed to King Qi's entry.

After King Qi entered the customs, Song Jiao asked Li Ye if he wanted to mobilize all the real human realms and prepare to storm the Jianmen Pass magic array together when necessary. With their strength, if they attack with all their might, there may not be no possibility of breaking the formation.

At the very least, give it a try.

Li Ye vetoed Song Jiao's proposal.

In the sky above the Great and Small Sword Mountains, there were only four of them, under the floating clouds and above the mountains and rivers, waiting for the return of King Qi.

Li Ye knew that at this moment, he was waiting not only for the two people of King Qi and King Shu, but also for the glorious figure of the Tang Dynasty.

This waits, from the three poles in the sun, to the middle of the day, and then to the west of the west, and finally to the sunset hanging mountain.

If you don't return at sunset, you will fail in the matter.

This is what King Qi left when he left, and he didn't look back to Li Ye.

And now, the sun has set.

Li Ye opened his eyes.

When the sun had its last rays left, he knew that things had come to an end.

The wait is worth it, and so is the trust.

Someone came with that glimmer of afterglow.

It is the King of Qi and the King of Shu.

"Close, switch!" Wang Jian shouted at the sword gate.

This command, only four words, is extremely concise.

That was Wang Jian's last royal order to Shuzhong.

After this order, Shuzhong no longer belonged to him.

"I've seen His Royal Highness King An. Wang Jian came to Li Ye and bowed.

King Qi on the side raised his eyebrows and threw a wink at Li Ye.

Li Ye's heart was agitated.

He'd never seen such a beautiful look!

The elegance is peerless, charming and moving, it is not enough to describe it.

Probably, it was a heroic era, a heroic dynasty, and threw him a flattering eye.

"The King of Shu doesn't need to be polite. Li Ye helped Wang Jian up.

After this ceremony, the land of Shuzhong was announced and returned to the Tang Dynasty.

With the completion of this ceremony, there are no more princes in the Tang Dynasty.

So far, Li Ye has basically completed the domestic unification of Datang.