Xue Ping sat down on the ground with a thud and closed his eyes in pain.

Li Ze turned around, walked to the opposite side of him, also sat down cross-legged, stared at Xue Ping and said, "Xue Ping, you have been in Wuyi for a long time, how does I, Li Ze, treat you?" ”

"Very good!"

"Is there a place where I can't live with you?"

"Not really!"

Li Ze laughed, "Then why do you want to go against me again and again?" ”

"Where is the righteousness." Xue Ping finally opened his eyes.

"Righteousness?" Li Ze sneered: "What is righteousness? ”

"Maintaining Li Tang's orthodoxy is righteousness!" Xue Ping finally came to his senses, stared at Li Ze's eyes, and said in a loud voice.

"Why is Li Tang's orthodoxy righteous?" Li Zeqiang asked: "This world, since the existence of the country, is it the world of Li Tang?" ”

"Sui was tyrannical, and Li Tang inherited the will of heaven, so he replaced it!" Xue Ping said.

"If the Sui government is violent, then Li Tang Dynasty, so what if Li Tang is violent? Isn't it possible to have someone replace it? Li Ze laughed: "In that case, how can it be orthodox?" ”

"Why was Li Tang violent?" Xue Ping said angrily.

"If it hadn't been violent, how did the riot that swept the world happen decades ago?" Li Ze said slowly: "If at that time, the common people can live and work in peace and contentment like the people under our rule now, and the officials will be clear, will there be this riot?" ”

Xue Ping was speechless.

"The peasants are rioting, the festivals are numerous, the world is falling apart, what else does Li Tang have besides a name?" Li Zedao: "If it weren't for me, would Li Tang still be orthodox now?" It's already a ghost under Zhu Wen's knife, right? According to what you said, am I not Li Tang's great hero? Why are you, a self-proclaimed loyal minister of Li Tang, repeatedly embarrassed? ”

"Li Xiang, your power is too great, so big that no one can control it. Now Wuyi is in the Tang Dynasty, called the Tang Dynasty, but in fact, it is for you Li Xiang Tianxia. Xue Ping said: "I'm not against you, I'm just afraid that you won't be able to restrain your own desires and want to go further, all I think is to curb your ambitions." But I have been with you for many years, and I also know that any moral preaching is useless to you, and only strength, enough strength to restrain you, will make you extinguish this thought. ”

Li Ze touched his face: "Could it be that I, Li Ze, were born with the appearance of a traitor?" So you think I'm going to usurp Tang and stand on my own? ”

Xue Ping looked at Li Ze in a daze, he didn't expect that at this time, Li Ze would still have the heart to joke, or this is the feeling of being in power.

"Li Xiang, when the world is in this world, it is all your henchmen who are governing, and all the soldiers and horses are led by your generals, even if you don't have this mind, can you avoid this matter?"

Li Ze flattened his mouth: "The so-called situation is not up to anyone, and if you don't go up, you have to do it, right?" ”

"Isn't it?" Xue Ping asked rhetorically.

"That's why you came up with a trick to marry the emperor." Li Ze nodded: "Lingnan Xiangxun, a very good choice, the strength in the southeast is like standing out from the crowd, if he is given a name, he can rely on this to integrate the southeast regions and form a powerful force." I have to say that this trick is very good, even I admire it very much. Xiang Xun is under the command of the Tang Dynasty, then we and the Xiang clan will attack in the north and south, and Zhu Wen's pseudo-Liang may be able to hold on for a shorter time. So you're sure I'm not going to oppose it, I'm just going to support it, right? ”

"I still know what Li Xiang has been thinking all along, you have always wanted to unify the world as soon as possible, live with the people, build a strong and prosperous empire, and reproduce the grandeur of the Tang Empire in the past, which was majestic in the world and proud of all the heroes, so we believe that you will definitely agree. This does not contradict Li Xiang's big goal in the slightest. Xue Ping said.

"The ideal is good." Li Zedao: "But have you thought about it, what happens after Zhu Wen is destroyed?" You have been in Wuyi for a long time, you have followed me for many years, and you are very clear about the policies I have implemented, so do you think that when the time comes, there will be no conflict between Wuyi and Lingnan? ”

"At that time, everyone was a minister of the same court, so the contradictions could naturally be reconciled." Xue Ping said.

"Reconcile? How to reconcile? Li Ze said coldly: "Xue Ping, let me tell you, such a contradiction cannot be reconciled. Ding Jian used to think so, so I let him go to the river, and I gave him the opportunity to realize his dream, and the result? In the end, he still had to raise the butcher's knife and kill a river of blood, and moreover, more people died. ”

"That's Li Xiang, you did it on purpose!" Xue Ping shook his head and said.

Looking at Xue Ping, Li Ze shook his head, this person is too obsessed, and words can't persuade him at all.

"Xue Ping, do you know that under the rule of Wuyi, we are so rich? It is because we have destroyed a class, and unfortunately, the class we have destroyed is precisely the basis of Lingnan Xiangxun's rule. So, your dreams are impossible to achieve. You want to strike north and south, the idea is good. But have you ever thought that Xiang Xun is also taking this opportunity to expand his own strength and integrate the southeast, he does have the capital to compete with me, I am sure that the day of Zhu Wen's destruction is the time when we both turn their faces. In the end, the two sides still have to use war to determine the final belonging of the world. ”

"This is just Li Xiang's speculation." Xue Ping said.

"Then we're really going to ride a donkey and read the record book, and we'll see." Li Zedao: "Since you deliberately found me, I think you have also made a decision, are you ready to take on this matter?" ”

"Yes." Xue Ping took a deep breath: "This matter is my own effort, it has nothing to do with others, as long as Li Ying undertakes this matter, Xue Ping is willing to bear any punishment, before I came to Li Xiang, I resigned from the Ministry of Works, and handed it over." ”

"It's okay, if you don't follow the rules, you don't have a circle, if everyone does their own things like you, then the dynasty will not be the court, the country will not be the country, and if you are not punished, it will be difficult to obey the world." Li Ze said: "You go to the Western Regions!" Go and be an observer of the Western Regions. ”

"What?" Xue Ping was taken aback, he thought about dismissing his official position, and thought about being assigned by Li Ze to a certain place to be a governor, but he never thought that Li Ze would send him to the Western Regions.

"Don't you dare to go?"

"There's nothing you don't dare, it's just a little unexpected." Coming back to his senses, Xue Ping smiled self-deprecatingly, since he had already made up his mind to take on this matter, what difference did it make if he went?

"Don't be careful to think I'm trying to kill you in a different way." Li Ze glanced at him mockingly, and said: "Yuan Chang They have gained a firm foothold in the Western Regions, and now in the Western Regions, there are more and more of our Tang people, Yuan Chang, Li Hai, Tang Ji, Peng Shuangmu, Sima Fan, of course, there will be a large number of former Pinglu officers who will also enter the Western Regions, with Yuan Chang's qualifications and ability, he is now at the limit, and if he wants to go further, he can't hold it back." Therefore, I need someone with qualifications and ability to go where to really bring back the Western Regions. In the past, when the Tang Dynasty was at its strongest, it was just where to establish a number of detention states, although there were soldiers and horses, but it was just to deter those small countries from paying tribute to the Tang Dynasty, and I wanted to change the land there and completely incorporate them into the territory of my Datang. You, just do it. I'll give you ten years, and when you've done this, I'll probably unify the whole world, and at that time, I'll gather the strength of the whole country, march to the northwest, and take Tibet. When the time comes, where you are, it will be a direction of attack for us. After you go, you must keep this incident firmly in mind and always prepare for it. ”

Xue Ping looked at Li Ze in shock. He never expected that Li Ze's ambition would be so big, not only wanting to dominate the world, but also wanting to completely eat the Western Regions and annex Tibet.

"The layout of Tubo can only be done like this now, their infighting will be protracted, and Tubo, which was strong in the past, will decline step by step, and eventually fall apart, and ten years will be almost." Li Ze sneered: "Lying next to the couch, how can I allow others to sleep soundly, I don't want to always guard against this tiger in the future from attacking me at any time, taking advantage of his illness, it is the best choice to kill him." ”

After being silent for a long time, Xue Ping finally nodded.

Li Ze turned his head, looked at Pan Motang in the distance, and waved his hand.

"Homecoming!" Pan Motang ordered loudly.

"What are Li Xiang going to do with these soldiers?" Xue Ping asked.

"Break up, then transfer to other units." Li Zedao.

"Qin Zhao, what about them?"

"Zuo Xiaowei has such a big thing, his Zuo Xiaowei General naturally doesn't have to be it. As for how to deal with it, it will naturally be discussed at the court meeting. Li Ze said indifferently.

Xue Ping hung his head in frustration. Qin Zhao resigned, and another army that originally supported the emperor completely fell into the hands of Li Ze.

In Qingzhou City, in the former Hou Xiyi's marshal's mansion, Qin Zhao sat on the tiger skin chair in a daze, his face was full of exhaustion, and inside and outside the courtyard, his personal soldiers gathered together in full armor. In the city, the troops of Qin Zhao's descendants were also in an extremely tense atmosphere.

Around Qingzhou City, several armies are approaching Qingzhou City, and these armies are not under the orders of Qin Zhao, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, although nominally, they are still under the command of Qin Zhao.

"General." Cheng Xu rushed all the way over: "What's wrong?" ”

Looking at Cheng Xu, Qin Zhao showed a wry smile: "Cheng Xu, you don't have to worry, this matter has nothing to do with you, it's for me." ”

Cheng Xu looked at Qin Zhao dumbly.

A few days ago, Li Ze had just left Qingzhou, and now he was still in Cangzhou, and at this time, several Li Ze's troops and horses were approaching Qingzhou, which in itself showed that this matter was due to Li Ze's order.

"General!" Outside the door, a tooth general rushed in. "Cheng Tianbo arrived at the east gate of Qingzhou and asked to open the door."

Cheng Xu's face turned pale suddenly.

Tian Boming's official position is Yushi Zhongcheng, but he also has another official position, the commander of the internal guard. This person came to Qingzhou in person, and the target would of course not be him Cheng Xu, but the general Qin Zhao.

Qin Zhao stood up, and the other generals in the room screamed, and they all stood solemnly.

"General!" Cheng Xu shouted.

Qin Zhao looked at him and smiled, and said, "Open the door and invite Tanaka Cheng to come over." Go back, all of you, and restrain all the ministries and do not act rashly, and do everything according to the decrees of the court. ”