There's no reason why Li Xiaofei wouldn't come in person to welcome the emperor, but he couldn't leave the current Yuzhang City.

Various signs indicate that there are still people from Zhongyi Hall staying in Yuzhang, waiting for opportunities to cause trouble.

The Wang family took the lead in getting married, and many families in the city also got married to soldiers of the Southern Navy. It seemed peaceful.

But the closer he gets on the surface, the more uneasy Li Xiaofei becomes. This uneasiness comes from the fear in the eyes of the people in the city and various rumors in private.

The arson and the murder of the Wen brothers in the first few nights had already left a deep impression on the people in Yuzhang City.

Everything Li Xiaofei and the others did was either said to be bullying, or was a small favor to win people's hearts.

Li Xiaofei really wanted to have a few people around who could discuss matters at this time, but unfortunately there were not.

The emperor has already arrived at Chaisangkou. If he doesn't go forward, he will be disobedient.

I had to meet the emperor first. Since I was worried about leaving the wealthy people in the city, I simply took them all to see the emperor.

Li Xiaofei took thirty soldiers and "invited" a hundred people to Chaisangkou.

Wang Ruoyun was also among them. Halfway through, Wang Ruoyun asked Li Xiaofei, "Is the emperor a bad old man?"

Li Xiaofei smiled, "The emperor is in his prime, his martial prowess is extraordinary, and he is a wise king!"

"Haha, I don't believe it. A wise king will lose half of the country? You people are really hateful. You fight for the throne and the city. In my opinion, you are no different from the Cui family. They are all the same.

They are just careerists!"

Li Xiaofei stuck his head out of the car and looked outside. After making sure there was no movement, he signaled Wang Ruoyun not to talk nonsense.

Wang Ruoyun sneered, "Huh, you have done all the bad things and you still don't allow us to talk about it? If this girl doesn't like this emperor, I will kill him with one sword!"

Li Xiaofei quickly covered her mouth, "You don't want to live too long! This is a serious crime that will destroy the nine tribes! If you talk nonsense again, I will send you back!"

Wang Ruoyun broke away and said, "Stop pretending. Who doesn't know that the emperor has an empty name, and the soldiers and horses are all yours. Do you still have to be afraid of the emperor when you have a large army? Can't you keep your woman?"

"The soldiers and horses belong to the imperial court, not to me, Li Xiaofei. My success depends entirely on the current emperor. I will be loyal to the emperor for the rest of my life!"

"Definitely, I don't understand how you people kill people and set fires while talking about loyalty, filial piety, justice, and justice. I won't tell you!"

Li Xiaofei took a deep breath, "Remember not to talk nonsense when you see the emperor. Although I can protect you, your family will be implicated by you!"

The group arrived at Chaisangkou and got off their horses. Li Xiaofei walked in front and took off his sword from his waist and handed it to the guards led by Qi Yunfeng.

Of the more than 100 people behind, only Wang Yuanhua, his son, and five others were summoned, while the rest were waiting outside Chaisangkou City.

Liu Jian, Liu Mingge and others were waiting for Li Xiaofei to arrive at the government office in Chaisangkou. Liu Jian sent Qin Zhong to visit several times. Liu Mingge smiled, "The emperor misses Li Xiaofei a little too much!"

Liu Jian's face turned red, and she wanted to stand up and walk out, but she felt it was wrong, so she had to play with the peach stones in front of her with both hands.

A voice came from outside the door: "Li Xiaofei has an audience with His Majesty the Emperor!"

Liu Jian stood up suddenly, and Liu Mingge also slowly stood up and looked out the door.

Li Xiaofei crossed the threshold and knelt down on the ground and shouted, "Li Xiaofei is late to pick you up, please forgive me! I bow to the emperor, long live long live!"

Several people behind Li Xiaofei also knelt down one by one and shouted long live, not daring to raise their heads.

Liu Jian still came over and helped Li Xiaofei with both hands: "Look, you are sweating profusely. Please get up quickly. You and I are better than brothers. I owe this rebellion to you!"

Li Xiaofei did not stand up immediately, but kowtowed three times, "My lord, Li Xiaofei, I want to thank Your Majesty for your kindness, but I will repay Your Majesty with my body and bones!"

Liu Jian pulled Li Xiaofei up hard and said, "Please get up quickly. I heard that you held another happy event in Yuzhang. You are very capable!"

Li Xiaofei held Liu Jian's hand with both hands and stood up and smiled, "Thanks to your majesty, I have brought back a beautiful woman from this battle! The person behind me is my humble wife!"

Liu Jian looked at the people behind him and shouted, "Raise your head!"

Wang Ruoyun first

He looked up at Liu Jian, and Qin Zhong next to him immediately shouted, "You must not look directly at His Majesty!"

Li Xiaofei hurriedly pulled Wang Ruoyun's sleeve, "Don't raise your head, keep kneeling!"

Wang Yuanhua and others were already sweating profusely at this time, not because they were afraid of Liu Jian, but because Liu Mingge was holding a giant sword on his back in the hall and his eyes were wide open and extremely threatening.

Wang Ruoyun wanted to speak, but when he saw Liu Mingge, he swallowed his words.

Liu Jian pulled Li Xiaofei to his seat, "I know your loyalty and hard work. These people must be prominent figures in Yuzhang City. I also accept your loyalty. Yuzhang is a treasure land, waiting for me to destroy it."

After rebelling, you must go for a walk!"

Wang Yuanhua and others kowtowed again and again to express their gratitude.

After thanking him, Qin Zhong shouted, "Except Li Xiaofei, everyone else is waiting to leave!"

Ten soldiers came in immediately and helped Wang Yuanhua and others out. They thought they could have a few words with the emperor, but the emperor dismissed them with just one word.

After everyone left, Liu Jian let out a long sigh of relief, "There are only a few of us now, so we don't have to pretend to talk! Li Xiaofei, how many troops do you have now?"

"I have a thousand men in Yuzhang, 10,000 men brought by Zhou Dapeng to attack Chenzhou, and 15,000 men left to the south of Xianxia Pass."

"More than 10,000 people? Cui Ju and his group have nearly 200,000. With such a huge disparity in numbers, I'm afraid it's impossible to annihilate them!" Liu Jian was a little disappointed, but fortunately he had his own territory and army.

Liu Mingge stretched out his hand to calculate, "There are not many soldiers, but tens of thousands of elite soldiers are already very rare. You are really capable, and you can actually attack us through the Wei State!"

"The Southern Navy are all elite soldiers who have trained hard for several years. The more than a thousand people who stayed in Yuzhang this time defeated tens of thousands of Cui's troops. Their combat strength should be five times that of Cui's army. There are advantages to having fewer soldiers.

, the people can bear less burden."

Liu Jian nodded, "I have seen a lot of suffering among the people this year. The people are indeed overwhelmed. Bashu has been fighting for half a year, and many people can only eat grass roots and bark. But the prefects who occupy the city are still

Tax them."

"Your Majesty is so considerate of the people, I believe that Daliang will be restored in your hands! In my opinion, Cui Ju is now surrounded by enemies from both sides, and Zhu Yaoshi in the north will definitely not be able to let him go. Our army can capture all of the southern part of Jingzhou at this time, so that

Cui Ju is trapped to death!" Liu Mingge is already planning a counterattack

Li Xiaofei waved his hand, "I have something to say. In the restored cities like Yuzhang and Chaisangkou, people's hearts are unstable. I have been worried about this matter for a while. But I can't find a way to resolve it for a while. The reason why I brought

We brought these wealthy businessmen to see His Majesty because we were worried that they would rebel again after I left!"

"Conquering people's hearts should be your strong point, Li Xiaofei, so why are you unable to do anything?" Liu Jian was also surprised. Li Xiaofei was already married to them, but he still said that people's hearts were unstable.

"At first, I thought they should welcome us with their hands full, but it's not true. No one welcomes us. They don't like war. If there is a war, business cannot be done, and everyone will suffer! And these people and the Cui family are all the same.

They have all kinds of business dealings, but they get closer to Cui Ju. They don’t care about their family, country, and the world, and I have learned the lesson this time!"

"I feel the same way this time. The people don't care who is the emperor, and they don't know who the emperor is. They just want to be well fed, clothed, warm and their family safe. We always thought we could be kind to the people in the past, but we can't.

In fact, we were all wrong. What we did did not benefit them at all. They were exploited year after year and died in poverty year after year. We never really cared about their life and death.

How can people win the hearts of the people?" Liu Jian had a very deep understanding. On the way to escape, he often bought food from the people. The best was just wild vegetable porridge. Most of the time, he and his soldiers had to hunt for food to satisfy their hunger.

Liu Mingge touched his beard, "In addition to relying on time to resolve the issues in Yuzhang City, we also need to send people to educate. Starting with children, we can select capable people from our army to teach and preach, and let them learn classics and history, and learn medical skills.

Farming and giving them a good future!”

Li Xiaofei and Liu Jian looked at Liu Mingge at the same time, "It will take decades to be effective. Mr. Liu, are you sure this is a good idea?"

"Haha, there is a better way, that is to let them all reincarnate, but you all

Won’t do it!”

"It takes ten years for trees to grow and one hundred years for people to grow. Well, the method of enlightenment mentioned by Mr. I think can be implemented throughout Daliang in the future. Everyone will have books to read, and everyone will have food to eat and clothing to wear!"

"Your Majesty is wise, sir, sir, I, Li Xiaofei, have been taught today. It seems that I have to choose someone to be my teacher."

"By the way, you, Li Xiaofei, are solely responsible for military matters. I will not interfere. However, the rewards for the soldiers must be reported to me. I will reward them personally!"

Li Xiaofei immediately understood that Liu Jian was trying to reassert the existence of the Liang Dynasty, and the emperor had the final say on rewards and titles.

"I will obey His Majesty's instructions and obey the court's arrangements in all matters!"

Liu Mingge looked at Li Xiaofei, "Li Xiaofei, you are a blessed person and know how to cherish blessings. I am not as good as you in this regard, haha."

Liu Jian looked at Li Xiaofei again and suddenly remembered something: "Xiao Fei, I'm sorry for you. When the rebels forced the palace, we failed to bring Xiao Youran out, and many ministers fell into the hands of the rebels.

.This is all caused by my improper employment of personnel."

Li Xiaofei quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, you don't have to blame yourself. Thanks to His Majesty's great blessing, Xiao Youran leaned on his elder brother and risked his life to bring him out. Now he is enjoying the blessings in the South China Sea. Your Majesty is not at fault for the rebellion. Even if the minister is still in the army, I am afraid it cannot be avoided."

Over the years, Chen Jiajun has only known the general and not the court, so trouble is bound to happen."

Liu Jian sighed, "Then in your opinion, how can something like this never happen again?"

"I am also troubled. If we do not use the government troops, the combat effectiveness will be worrying, and it will be difficult to defeat the enemy and complete the great cause of suppressing the rebellion. But if we continue to use the government troops, the safety of the court will depend on the general's character, but this character cannot be seen.

Intangible."

Liu Jian looked at Liu Mingge again, "What do you think, Mr. Liu?"

"To do this, we must make the world stable before we can start. This problem cannot be solved in one or two generations. Yesterday's elite soldiers and generals may be arrogant and powerful generals tomorrow, or even bandits and rebel generals. But the leader

If the soldiers cannot build the army into a division of tigers and wolves, there is no use in leading the soldiers. Only after the world is unified can it be gradually dissolved. First, dismantle the original army and prevent them from gathering together.

It is easy for trouble to happen when we are together. Secondly, treat the generals favorably, give them good land, mansions, titles, gold and silver, so that these people will not be dissatisfied because of unfair treatment. Thirdly, the generals who lead the army will be rotated to other places in three years to garrison troops.

Rotate every five years, so that the officers and soldiers will not form a dependency relationship. There is only so much I can think of."

Liu Jian pondered for a while, "Mr. Liu is right, there is never the best solution to this problem. In the past, the emperor of the Han Dynasty killed Han Xin, Pengyue and others, which caused turmoil and war in the three generations. Emperor Guangwu did not kill the heroes, and at the end of the Han Dynasty, the princes of the world were divided into four directions.

The big man died. Perhaps the three methods Mr. Liu mentioned can be tried in the future. Xiaofei, you are the leader of the army, what do you think?"

Li Xiaofei asked, "Can I tell the truth?"

Liu Jian spread her hands, "It's already today, why don't you tell the truth? But it doesn't matter, I just want to listen to the truth!"

Li Xiaofei knelt on the ground again, "Those who lead troops often have no choice but to follow this path. The emperor and the court are jealous, the subordinates want rewards, and people with evil intentions use various banners to threaten rebellion. The longer you lead troops, the more

It is not the general who commands the soldiers, but the captains and centurions below who are coercing the general. If these people have ambitions, they will definitely instigate the generals to rebel! Even if General Chen is as loyal as he is, the Chen family army he brought out has also gone on the wrong path.

The road to rebellion, let alone me, Li Xiaofei."

Liu Jian pressed his hands on the table and did not speak for a long time. Liu Mingge clapped his hands and said, "You are the only one who dares to tell such truth. Well done, Your Majesty."

Only then did Liu Jian come back to his senses, "Well, this matter is indeed difficult. The emperor and the court did not dare to trust the generals because they were betting on the stability of the world. In fact, neither side believed in the other. The three ideas Mr. Liu mentioned today are:

Xiaofei, do you think it’s feasible? You stand up and speak, don’t always kneel down!”
Chapter completed!