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When it is a cold winter, the snow is boundless, and the scenery of the northern country is extraordinarily enchanting.

On the official road that had just been built, more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages slowly moved forward, crushing the snow and "creaking".

Before and after the car, there were 3,000 iron armor escorts along the way, and the driving of the car was guarded tightly, leaving no dead ends.

The chariot in the center is particularly wide, with four war horses driving side by side, and a large flag is erected on the left side of the carriage, and the flag is embroidered with the golden beast, which reads: "General Li".

"Father, isn't it almost to Jinyang City? The child should get out of the car to build a snowman, have a snowball fight, and follow Uncle Zicheng up the mountain to hunt, not to sit in the carriage all day. The childish voice woke up Li Li, who closed his eyes and recuperated, and he knew that Huo Ran was Xiao Hao'er just by hearing his voice.

"Hehehe! You kid, you really don't change your teachings. How many times have I said it for my father, don't call me my father, Lao Tzu is a military general who fights on the battlefield, in fact, he is a martial artist. You and I are father and son, you can call me father or 'Ada', but don't call me father. Remember, the next time you do it, you're going to have to be spanked! ”

"Is the child calling wrong?" Xiao Hao'er looked at Li Li with wide eyes, a pair of fleshy little hands supporting her chin, staring at Li Li left and right, as if she still didn't understand.

"My mother said that my father was the general of the world's soldiers and horses, and the prime minister of the dynasty, and the official of the general was bigger, so the child should be called 'father'. This is a mother's teaching, is it wrong? ”

Li Li smiled heartily: "The so-called father's appearance, the father is in front and the phase is behind." This is an intimate honorific title that is different from outsiders. Your mother is not wrong, but you are still young and do not join the army. There is no outcome, so you and I are father and son, it's as simple as that. There is a distinction between father and son, but there is no difference between dignity and inferiority, let alone subordination, so I am your father, not a prime minister. ”

Between words. Li Li took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped off the saliva of his four sons who were sleeping soundly on the soft couch, and then put the youngest son sleeping in his arms on the couch and covered them with quilts. After doing these. beckoned Li Hao to sit beside him, and laughed softly: "This time, I took the six brothers with me and traveled all the way from Shuozhou, except for touring the mountains and rivers. I just want to open your eyes. Take a good look at this great river and mountain. When you grow up, your father will take you to the Western Regions and the South China Sea, and when you grow up, you will go to the Western Regions with the army, or take a boat to Liaodong to see the world outside the Han Dynasty, and you must not be limited to a corner of the Han Dynasty.

You must know that there is a much more extensive land outside the territory of the Han Dynasty. There are also many powerful countries there, and their territory is huge. Ten times or even a hundred times the Han Dynasty, with a large population and many races. If possible, my father hopes that when you grow up, you will expand the territory for our Han people, build warships, go to the other side of the ocean, and strive to make it my Han people's territory wherever they go. Even if it is unsuccessful, we must do our best to guide the direction for future generations, so that they can realize the vast land outside the Han Dynasty as soon as possible, and must not rest on their laurels and blindly fight among themselves. ”

"The outside world?" Li Hao held his cheeks and muttered to himself, his eyes were very confused, and he seemed to be unable to understand what the world was. But there was one thing he understood, and that was that there was a wider land to the west outside of his father's rule, and his father wanted to take it away, but he could not get out because he and his mother and aunt had no one to take care of him.

Five-year-old children, although they already know a little bit of things, are extremely limited after all, and it is not easy to think of these things. In his eyes, his father is the heavens, omnipotent; Mother and aunt are the earth, tolerate what they do, and take care of them day by day. Therefore, most of the things they think about are connected to their parents, and they simply cannot understand the outside world that Li Li is talking about.

"Does Father want to see the outside world? When the child grows up and goes with his father, can he bring his younger siblings, as well as his mother and aunts? ”

"Hahaha!" Li Li laughed heartily, stroked Xiao Hao'er's head with pity, and said with a smile: "Silly son, my father really wants to go outside to see, but instead of touring the mountains and rivers, he leads the army to conquer the country and land there." As for the moment, I really can't leave, as soon as the front foot goes, the back foot will be taken off by the other princes, that is, the rootless Ping, I have to flee to the Western Regions! ”

"Don't worry, the child will grow up soon. When the time comes, the father, mother, and aunts will stay at home, and the children will bring their younger brothers and sisters to fight in all directions, and they will not disappoint the father! Xiao Hao'er said matter-of-factly.

"Hehehe! My son has great ambitions, and I remember your words today for my father's sake. Within twenty years, the father cleared a qiē obstacle for your brother, and then you each led an expedition, limited to ten years, whoever fulfilled his promise today, the father will hand over all the qiē in his hands. Li Li stroked Xiao Hao'er's hair and said with a smile.

Then the father and son talked for a while, and the conversation did not end until Xiao Hao'er lay in Li Li's arms and fell asleep soundly.

No one took this conversation seriously at the moment, but more than 30 years later, it was a prophecy. Many of Li Li's children have led expeditions to expand their territory, expanding the territory of the Han Dynasty by five times, and their footprints are all over East Asia.

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Jinyang City, Thorn History Mansion.

After arranging for Li Li's wife and children to be young, Lu Su and Li Li sat in the side hall drinking tea and catching up.

This time, Li Li inspected northern Xinjiang, took his wife and concubines with him, and set off from Chang'an in late autumn and October, passing through Beidi County, Shangjun, Shuozhou, Yunzhong, Shuofang County, Yanmen County, Wuyuan County and other counties, and then entered Taiyuan County, until this moment to stay in Jinyang Thorn Mansion. It lasted more than two months, and the itinerary was not notified in advance, only a thousand Jin Qiwei followed, until half a month ago when it arrived in Yanmen County, it snowed heavily, and Teng Xiao, the general of Zhenbei who sat in Yanmen, was afraid of a mistake, so he sent two thousand iron armor to escort him along the way, and informed Li Li and his party of the itinerary in advance and assassinated Shi Lusu in the state, and he was responsible for answering it.

"Brother's northern tour this time is indeed a bit sudden, and the foolish brother didn't know in advance, if it wasn't for General Yunlong sending a fast horse to report. I'm afraid that my brother and sister-in-law have entered Jinyang City, and the foolish brother is still in the dark. Getting up to refill Li Li's teacup with hot tea, Lu Su said with a smile.

Li Li smiled and said, "Heavy snow is blocking the road. It is reasonable that Zijing did not receive the summons. What's more, coming to merge the state this time is just a tour of the mountains and rivers. The children are growing up day by day, but I rarely accompany them, and it happened that there was no war this winter, so I took the time to take them for a walk and visit the northern Xinjiang. It can be regarded as a balance between public and private, and there is no delay between the two. What's more, since Zijing and Gongjin recovered and merged the state. I haven't come to see the military, government, and defense affairs in person, but this time I have taken them with me to inspect them overtly and covertly, and to supervise the governance of various counties and counties.

Therefore. Every county to which it goes. I will stay for two days, and if I don't go to the government, I will live in the inn to secretly investigate the people's situation. This trip down, it is close to the wax moon, and the New Year is approaching. Three days later, I set off and returned to Chang'an, Zijing walked with me, and the state affairs were handed over to Cui Yan, who was not driving. I don't know what happens to the son's respect? ”

"It's all up to the lord's orders. Wechen has no objection. Lu Su stood up and replied respectfully.

Seeing this, Li Li waved his hand to signal Lu Su to sit down. Shaking his head and smiling: "Zijing, don't be formal, you and I are brothers, how can we divide each other!" What's more, after this journey, the officials of the counties and counties in the state have governed the state and county clearly, governed well, and governed the state and county effectively, which shows that Zijing has made outstanding achievements in politics and has outstanding talents, and should be rewarded and promoted. In addition, Cui Yan is skilled in government affairs, and he was the county guard of Hanyang before, and now it is logical for him to serve as the assassin of the state, otherwise I Li Li will be unclear and incompetent. ”

After Lu Su heard this, he sighed and said: "I thought that there were serious mistakes in the counties under the jurisdiction of the state, and my brother was dissatisfied with my governance of the state, but it turned out to be a false alarm." Hehehe! ”

Li Li smiled when he heard this: "If you Lu Zijing don't have the ability to govern the state and county, and you have no way to govern, even if you are my Li Li's brother, I will not tolerate it, and punish it severely." It turns out that it was a wise move for me to put you in the annexation state before, from last year's recovery of the annexation to the present, a whole year, and the counties and counties of the annexation state are in good order, and the streets are prosperous; Even though the roads are closed by heavy snowfall, there is still an endless stream of business travelers. This is your credit, I am quite grateful, and I am very glad that you are my Li Li's righteous brother, and you are honored! ”

"Brother has won the prize." Lu Su smiled heartily and said humbly: "My brother has entrusted me with the merger of the state, which is a great trust, how dare a foolish brother not serve his life?" At the beginning, the foolish brother was a newcomer, and his qualifications were shallow, and if he did not have his brother's appreciation and entrusted with important tasks, even if the foolish brother had some talents, he would be useless. Therefore, if it is said that the foolish brother has a little merit this time, it is also the merit of the elder brother who knows people well, and the foolish brother is just doing his duty and doing his best. ”

"Hahaha! Well, there is no need for such politeness between you and my brothers. Li Li waved his hand and laughed.

Immediately, he gradually restrained his smile and said: "At present, Chang'an City is full of undercurrents, and the secret agents under the command of the princes of all parties are flocking here, which is a sign of imminent chaos. In this regard, has Zijing heard some rumors? ”

Lu Su's face changed slightly when he heard this, his expression was solemn, and he thought about it and said, "Don't hide it from my brother, my foolish brother has heard about it." It is said that the Son of Heaven and the officials fled Chang'an as early as July this year, through the jungle, bypassing the Xingyang camp, and then returning east to Luoyang. Therefore, three days ago, the foolish brother received a secret report that there was an edict from the Son of Heaven in Jinyang City, ordering all states and governors to send troops to King Qin, and to participate in major events. ”

While speaking, Lu Su took the bamboo slips on the table to Li Li for a look, which was the Qinwang decree issued by the Son of Heaven. Immediately, Lu Su continued: "This is a hand-copied edict, which was transmitted from Guanwai (Yanmen Pass) to Bingzhou a few days ago, and this is exactly what I can't understand. It stands to reason that this Qinwang order should have been passed down from Sili, but the fact is the opposite, Qinwang's order entered the state from outside the Guan. That is to say, the barbarian leader outside the Guanwai received the order of King Qin before us, and this matter is really extremely strange. ”

Li Li shook his head and smiled: "There is nothing strange about it, because this Qinwang Decree is not a handwritten letter from the Son of Heaven at all, but an edict written by Li Ru. Maybe Zijing didn't know that it was Li Ru who taught the Son of Heaven to write, so the edict he drafted could be completely fake; Even if the Son of Heaven saw this edict, he would mistakenly think that he had written it himself, based on the font alone. In fact, the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials had not yet arrived in Luoyang, and were still detained in the cottage of some rogue bandits, and they could not reach the Eastern Capital until after the beginning of spring. ”

"Ahh Lu Su was shocked when he heard this, looked at Li Li directly, and said suspiciously: "So, these edicts of King Qin were all ordered by the lord, and they were first sent to the barbarian tribes outside the country, and then transmitted to various states and counties?" ”

"Exactly." Li Li bowed his head and said: "First let the barbarian forces and vassal kings in the distance know about this, and then pass it on to the Han Dynasty, and recite it in turn from the outside to the inside." In this way, they will be given enough time to prepare, and if they also want to join in, or get a piece of the pie in the territory of our Han people, then they should be prepared now, and they will set off at the end of the year, and they can arrive at the beginning of spring. As for the princes of the Central Plains states, they could only confirm the matter after the Son of Heaven personally issued an edict, and then the camera moved. ”

Lu Su nodded lightly and sighed lightly: "The Quartet is thundering, but the princes around the Son of Heaven don't know anything about it, and they are still sending Xizuo to Chang'an to inquire about the news. From this point of view, the lord has another heavy plan this time, the war clouds are thick, and a big war is already brewing. Since the big war is imminent, the foolish brother should follow his brother and do his best! ”

Li Li laughed loudly and said: "Zijing's words are exactly what I want, this time I will join forces with my brothers and fight the world's heroes again!" Hahaha??????"

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