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Watch out for each other!

On the surface, the Hebei aristocratic family still supported the Eastern Wei court in government affairs, but in fact they were ready to protect themselves or even turn their backs.

This line serves more than just the Li family!

So this letter sent by Li Zusheng is very important. Li Xizong desperately needs extra support, and has reached the point where he has no scruples, so much so that he sent his precious daughter Li Zuyi away.

Don't ask for fame, just ask for someone to support.

The outside rumors about Liu Yishou are all false. Li Xizong has always believed that the information is incomplete and untrue, and it is something that others want outsiders to know.

Only by allowing Li Zusheng to observe closely, supplemented by inquiring from the sidelines, can one truly understand a person.

Li Xizong had high hopes for Li Zusheng's trip south to Jiankang to "seek an official".

Compared with those families in the south, the overall style of the families in Hebei is relatively low-key and pragmatic.The overall circle atmosphere of the northern aristocratic family also advocates Confucianism, rather than metaphysics as popular as in the south, advocating the liberation of individuality, and taking pleasure in talking.

It stands to reason that Li Xizong, who pursues self-denial and restoration of etiquette as his pursuit of self-cultivation, will not be surprised no matter what is written in the letter.However, the first news disclosed in Li Zusheng's letter shocked Li Xizong.

Liang Guo abolished the salt tax nationwide!And supplemented by a series of supporting policies, the style is very radical!

How dare Liu Yishou!

Seeing this news, Li Xizong's first reaction was that it was impossible, and he believed it was true after seeing some details that Li Zusheng said later.Immediately, he fell into deep thought, vaguely feeling that Liu Yishou wasn't completely fooling around.

The tax exemption is certainly shocking, but those subsequent inconspicuous salt policies are likely to be the hidden behind-the-scenes!

If it was said that the Liang court wanted to snatch the salt pond from the aristocratic family, Li Xizong believed it.After all, Gao Huan has also done similar things, taking the Yanchi controlled by the local Haoyou into "state ownership".

Among them, there is a huge salt field along the coast of Cangzhou, Hebei Province, which is rich in high-quality sea salt (the predecessor of Changlu Salt Field), but because the salt boiling method is still used, the productivity is not high.

Before Gao Huan gained a firm foothold in Hebei, he immediately took this salt field as his own and regarded it as the source of official salt.

In fact, this kind of thing has been done by many bigwigs in the history of Liu Yishou's previous life.

Gao Huan did it, Yu Wentai did it, Yu Wenyong did it, even Yang Jian did it!It's completely "basic fuck", the kind that dogs won't bark when they hear it.

However, such things as opening the salt ban and abolishing the salt tax nationwide... are really rampant!This is not something that people with normal brains can think of, let alone mobilize the power of the country to do it.

It's really hard for Li Xizong to imagine what kind of chaos a country would be in if it didn't collect salt tax.We can only wait and see what big moves Liu Yishou has in the future.

As for Liu Yishou, Li Zusheng summed it up in one sentence: the past and the present are beyond the reach of capable people!

It is obviously highly respected!

The eldest son is like a father. Li Zusheng was very dissatisfied with sending his direct sister Li Zuyi to be a concubine, or even to be used as a concubine.

Otherwise, he would not have proposed to go with Li Zuyi.The purpose is to see what kind of person Liu Yishou is, and then "decide on the fly" whether to promote this matter.

Unexpectedly, Li Zusheng would say that now, which surprised Li Xizong.

Li Zusheng also said several things in the letter, describing the political situation in Nanliang.Anyway, to sum it up: now Liang Guo is already dominated by Liu Yishou's family, even covering the sky with one hand, only Xiao Ji in Shu is left who wants to stand on his own and borrows from the Western Wei Dynasty, he hesitates and does not turn his face publicly.

And Xiao Ji was at a disadvantage for a long time in the process of fighting against the court.

In the Jiankang court, Liu Yishou was even able to beat the servant (Wang Ke) with a stick, and directly stripped the opponent's official robe and blasted him out of Taicheng!And the southern family didn't even respond with a snort, completely treating it as if it didn't happen.

Its power is so great that it is only one step away from becoming the emperor who controls the court inside and outside!

Li Zusheng judged that Liu Yishou's usurpation only needed a war of annihilating the country, and this war was likely to attack Hebei and annihilate Gao Huan's forces.

The translation of this sentence is: The war in Hebei is imminent, and the family must make plans early.

However, Li Zusheng's judgment was slightly different from Li Xizong's.

Li Xizong felt that Li Zusheng looked at the problem too one-sidedly and only saw what others wanted him to see.To put it bluntly, I have seen too much and thought too little.

If one wants to unify the world, it is naturally impossible not to attack Hebei.However, when to do it, there is a lot of tricks here.

On the contrary, Li Xizong believed that Liu Yishou was unlikely to attack Hebei so quickly. He would definitely annihilate Xiao Ji first, control Shu, open the passage to Guanzhong, and attack Hebei after he had no worries.

If Hebei is flattened first, and the kingdom is declared emperor by the merit of destroying the country, then the land of Shu will definitely rebel.Xiao Ji is very likely to join forces with He Bayue and others, and it will be difficult to deal with them at that time.

Li Zusheng's political experience is very shallow, and he still doesn't understand the routines of these old coins, and he can't guess Liu Yishou's real intentions.Li Xizong didn't think it was strange.This is not a lack of ability, but a lack of experience.

Hebei is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and you can't stop after taking Hebei. You have to go west to Bingzhou.

Whether the army can enter the Guanzhong still depends on the individual's ability, and there will be a fierce battle here, in short, it is still far from peace in the world!

Shu land is connected by narrow roads in Guanzhong, and the roads are not very easy to walk.Wanting to completely pacify the two places is basically equivalent to Cao Wei destroying the Shu Han, and it was Prime Minister Zhuge who occupied Chang'an and controlled the enhanced version of the Shu Han after Guanzhong (this was one of the things Cao Wei was most afraid of back then).

No matter how you look at it, I feel that this place will form a trend that cannot be lost, and it will confront Liang Guo after the pacification of Hebei for a long time.With time, everything is possible. Who knows if Liu Yishou's generation can achieve the unification of the world?

In case something goes wrong, it is normal for the momentum of world domination to be interrupted.

Li Xizong felt that if Liu Yishou really understood the strategy, he would definitely not attack Hebei before opening the channel to Sichuan.The worst bottom line is to win Hanzhong first, and then fight the battle to destroy the country!

Hebei's problems are not limited to the military. With a population of more than 100 million households, how to govern and how to make good use of these resources are all university questions.

Conquering Hebei militarily can certainly gain huge advantages in wealth and manpower, but in the short term, these things cannot be converted into strength, and it will take a lot of time to digest.

The result of the battle only looks beautiful, but in fact, when dealing with various matters after the battle, even if the hand is full of good cards, it must be played by a master, and you must not get carried away.

At that time, the money obtained from the annihilation of Gao Huan's forces will not only be used to appease the hearts of the people in Hebei, but also to settle down all kinds of tyrants, and then reward the three armies. It is not easy to think about a bowl of water.

However, from the perspective of strategy and terrain, the conquest of Hebei will not have a direct impact on the conquest of Guanzhong and Shu.The places that were inaccessible before, will still be inaccessible after conquering Hebei!

Instead, a lot of soldiers and horses need to be sent to various parts of Hebei to maintain basic order!Guarding against the sneak attack of those people in the pass, the burden on the body is a lot more!

Before the land of Shu was opened up, doing so would definitely be a strategic nightmare.

Putting aside the distracting thoughts in his heart, Li Xizong read the letter over and over again, but he didn't see any news about Li Zuyi.What Li Zusheng said was secondary. How Li Zuyi was doing with Liu Yishou was what Li Xizong was most concerned about.

Even if you don't know whether Li Zuyi is pregnant or not, at least you should write something that you know, right?Li Zusheng is usually very clever, why can't he do this well?

Li Xizong complained in his heart that the eldest son couldn't do things, but he didn't mention a word of what should be said!

In fact, what he didn't know was that it wasn't that Li Zusheng didn't want to write, but that he didn't know how to write.

There are some bad rumors floating around in Prince Wu's mansion, vaguely implying that Li Zuyi is ignorant of the general situation, has a flirtatious personality, and always seduces King Wu to prostitute himself in the daytime, without the restraint that a lady should have.

Li Zuyi may not be as rumored, but it can be seen that it is true that some women in the Wu Palace are jealous of her family's background and strength.Li Zusheng was very worried about this, but he didn't want to tell his family in Hebei.

At this moment, Li Zuxun, the second son of Li Xizong, walked in, saluted and asked, "Father, has my sister returned from writing the letter? Can you recommend me to be an official in Jiankang?"

Li Xizong was furious when he heard this, but he still didn't get angry, he just passed Li Zusheng's letter over.

Li Zuxun felt as if he had found a treasure, and after reading it, he was overjoyed and said, "Father, why are you hesitating? My son also wants to be an official in the past! It's obvious what the situation is now!"

"Shut up! Be careful!"

Li Xizong scolded sharply, Li Zuxun took a step back awkwardly, and stopped talking.

"Gao Huan still holds a lot of soldiers and horses, and controls one side of the government. What virtue and ability do you have? What qualifications do you have to look down on him?"

Li Xizong yelled at Li Zuxun.

Compared with the prudent eldest son Li Zusheng, the second son Li Zuxun is much more detached, and has a greedy and impulsive personality, which is not enough to entrust big things.Li Xizong was often disappointed.

Gao Huan's power is indeed seriously damaged now, and it's not too bad to describe it as nearly falling apart.

It's just that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse!

Liu Yishou is on one side, with sufficient soldiers and food, and a vast territory. Of course, he can look down on Gao Huan, and that's really not a big problem.But how could the Li family of Zhaojun look down on Gao Huan?

However, Li Zuxun's words reminded Li Xizong that the hearts of the people in Hebei had indeed changed.Maybe the people at the bottom are still the same, they don't care whoever comes to Hebei, as long as they don't act perversely like Ge Rong.

However, there are not many children from Hebei aristocratic families who think like Li Zuxun.

"Let's go to practice soldiers and horses. Hebei probably won't be far away from the war."

Li Xizong said in a deep voice, without explaining too much.

It was a matter of life and death, Li Zuxun also calmed down, and asked in a low voice: "Does father think that Liang Guoguo will attack Hebei?"

This question is actually very unlevel, because Liang Jun stationed heavy troops in Xingyang and Hulaoguan, and asked the locals to organize a county army to guard the city in Luoyang, and asked Peng Le to guard Heyangguan and Beizhong City.Already armed.

As long as Liang Jun is willing, he can cross the Yellow River to Hebei overnight.This distance is almost the same as burning eyebrows. Where is the difference between attacking and not attacking?

Li Zuxun should be referring to Liang Guoguo's war to destroy the country, not just saying it literally.

"It should be true." Li Xizong nodded slightly and said.

Hearing this, Li Zuxun was startled, and hurried out to organize his own private army drills, walking in a hurry.After he left, Li Xizong sighed softly.

He lied just now, because he was afraid that his second son, who was ineffective, thought that Hebei was fine and indulged himself on purpose.

In fact, Li Xizong felt that Liu Yishou should first attack Shu, then enter Guanzhong, come out from Guanzhong to take Hedong and Bingzhou, and finally attack Hebei. This is the optimal solution in military terms.

However, the reality may not allow it.Liu Yishou is not the emperor, if he wants to get the merit of destroying the country to do the Zen Dynasty, it is inevitable to destroy a country first.This is an inevitable law of power struggle, independent of individual will.

There is a saying that nights are long and dreams are many, I really am not talking nonsense.

But who will Liu Yishou destroy first?

Li Xizong also knew that Gao Huan and the Eastern Wei Dynasty, who were in trouble and entrenched in Hebei, which was easy to attack and difficult to defend, were almost crumbling, were obviously the best choices.

But no matter what, Liu Yishou should first win the land of Shu, open up the breakthrough to enter Guanzhong, and at the same time guard the gap from Guanzhong to Jingxiang. There is no doubt about this.

Exactly how it works is hard to guess.A wise man is bound to make a mistake if he thinks about it. Whether Liu Yishou will make a mistake on this issue, no one can say.

Of course, there is no need to tell Li Zuxun these words.

Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and the Li family in Zhaojun is flourishing, and they are not the only family with the surname Li here.What the people in the other houses of the Li family in Zhaojun think and what choices they will make can only be said to be cautious, even if they are of the same clan, they must be on guard.

The Li family in Zhaojun is divided into the eastern ancestor and the western ancestor, and there is also a southern ancestor in Jiangxia. There is no absolutely dominant branch. It can be regarded as parallel development of each house, and generally does not interfere with each other.

Li Xizong's branch cannot fully represent the views of the Li family in Zhaojun.What's more, inside the Li family of Zhao County, they are actually indecisive about the current situation, and the internal members have huge differences!

For example, the Li family and Li Yuanzhong, who have already broken with Gao Huan and are hiding in the Changshan area to recruit troops and buy horses to make troubles, but there is no shortage of "compromise factions" who are officials in the Eastern Wei court. The typical one is Li Changyi's family. people.Because Gao Lang married her, in fact, the Li family of Zhao County had reached a consensus with Gao Huan to cooperate to some extent.

Therefore, Li Xizong, who has not yet expressed his position clearly, has to seek external help, otherwise it will not be enough to ensure the safety of their room.Liu Yishou is a super thick thigh with great wealth, strength and great potential that has not been tapped!

"It would be great if I could have a child."

Li Xizong said to himself.

……

Autumn is coming quietly, and the Wu Wang Mansion on Jiankang Jiming Mountain is decorated with lanterns and festoons. Even if it just falls at night, the inside and outside of the mansion are illuminated like daytime.

In the courtyard of the government office, presents are piled up everywhere, like hills, with all kinds of rare objects, including a precious red coral that is much taller than an adult!

Yang Jiang crossed his waist, commanding the servants in the mansion to count these gifts and record them one by one.These are not gifts, but the attitude of everyone in Liang Guo's officialdom towards Liu Yishou.

If you give a good gift, you must ask Liu Yishou.As for those who didn't send any presents, or even sent only a letter of greeting, then Liu Yishou must be at odds with it.All have to be pulled off the list, and none of them can be let go.

In the lobby of the government office, Liu Yishou is arranging for his cronies to have his birthday banquet.

As long as they were still in Jiankang City, almost all of them were present.

This year is very different from previous years.

In previous years, as long as he had time, Liu Yishou would spend his birthday with the girls and even have a silver party.

But it is no longer possible now, his status is different from before, his birthday is no longer his own business, he can arrange it however he wants.

Now even Liu Yishou's birthday banquet has a strong political attribute!Who can come and who can't, and who to invite and not to invite, is not something that can be manipulated casually!

After the three rounds of drinking, the cronies who were eating and drinking all quieted down by coincidence.

Liu Yishou picked up his wine glass, and said to everyone with emotion: "The years that cannot be stopped, the youth that cannot be kept here. In a blink of an eye, I will be [-] years old. You have followed me for many years, and you have made great contributions. I will remember them all in my heart." , there will be rewards in the future.”

"My lord has such a foundation in his [-]th year, so why worry about failures? I wish the lord an early unification of the world!"

Wang Wei, who had just returned to Jiankang from Lingnan for a few days, raised his wine glass and toasted.

Just as everyone was about to speak, they saw Mao Xi, who had released Jing Xiang, hurried into the lobby, ignored everyone's surprised eyes, and whispered in Liu Yishou's ear for a long time.

How did he leave his official position and come back from Jingxiang, what did he talk about, why he didn't go to the lobby to drink before, and a series of questions left a lot of doubts in everyone's mind.

"Let's leave first, go back and stand by, don't leave your mansion."

Liu Yishou stood up, raised his hand lightly, and signaled his trusted officials to leave.

After everyone left, Mao Xi dared to speak loudly.

"My lord, the matter is really urgent, beyond everyone's expectations."

"Understood, come to my study."

Liu Yishou nodded slightly and said.

Chapter 641 Opportunity!Chance!

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