The whole journey took only four or five days to reach the ridge of the Qiong River in the southeast, and the journey took only four or five days to reach the sea estuary of the Qin River in Anzhou. This was the time required to travel without any rush or slow pace. If you ride a horse on the 6th route, the time will be short.

Li Fozi, the governor of Jiaozhou, faced the request for meeting by Yuwen Wen, who was in Song Shou, but refused to come on the grounds of being sick. There must be something strange about it.

According to a summary of various theories, Li Fozi is about sixty or seventy years old now, and he is indeed a little older, but this is not the real reason why he couldn't come to Song Shou with excuses. There is only one truth, that is, Li Fozi has a ghost in his heart.

Li Fozi, the governor of Jiaozhou, was actually the monarch of Wanchun Kingdom. Of course, this was just self-proclaimed.

During the Datong period of Liang State more than 40 years ago, Lingbiao was within the territory of Liang State, and Jiaozhou was no exception. Jiaozhou Governor Xiao Zi was harsh and brutal in his administration. Li Ben, an official from the local wealthy family, rose up and rebelled, and many people responded.

Xiao Zi, who knew nothing but money to scrape the land, fled to Guangzhou after several defeats, and Li Ben occupied the provincial government and expanded his territory with him as the center.

After gaining a foothold, Li Ben called himself Emperor Yue, changed the reign of Emperor Tiande, established the capital of Longbian, and established the country's name "Wanchun", which is the so-called "Wanchun Kingdom".

However, the governor of Guangzhou of Liang State later sent troops to quell the rebellion. The commander of the Liang army was Yang Zao, the new governor of Jiaozhou, and the deputy commander was Chen Baxian, the new governor of Jiaozhou. Li Ben could not defeat the Liang army at all. After losing one after another, he led his troops to flee to the deep mountains and forests.

A few years later, Li Ben died of illness. It is said that his brother Li Tianbao led Yu to continue hiding in the deep mountains and forests to deal with the Liang army, changing the country's name to "Wild Energy". However, the situation of these people gradually became worse, and they were about to die in the mountains and forests, but they were running around.

Something happened to Liang State. Hou Jing, a general of Qi who fled to Liang State in the south, rebelled and led the rebels to attack Jiankang. The troops stationed in various places were ordered to serve the king, and there was a mood to take charge of the thieves on the frontier.

Chen Baxian was ordered to lead the main force of the Liang army back to Guangzhou, and then went north to serve the king, allowing the so-called "Wanchun Kingdom (Wild Energy Kingdom)" to escape the disaster.

After Hou Jing's rebellion, the national strength of Liang State declined day by day, and the situation in the Lingbiao area was also somewhat unstable. Wanchun State took advantage of this to survive. After Li Tianbao's death, he was replaced by Zhao Guangfu, a powerful man who was in charge of the incident with Li Ben.

Zhao Guangfu and Li Fozi, the general of Li Tianbao, fought for power and profit. The two forces had been fighting for many years. It was originally a good opportunity to defeat them one by one. However, at the time of the alternation of Liang and Chen, the governor of Jiaozhou was busy betting on the betting to protect his wealth, so he was in the mood to clear out the Wanchun Kingdom.

The Chen State was established, but the political situation was unstable. In the early years of Taijian, Ouyang He, the governor of Guangzhou, rebelled. The Chen army was only to suppress the rebellion and had no spare energy to take care of the Wanchun Kingdom, which was surviving near Jiaozhou. Li Fozi took this opportunity to win over Zhao Guangfu and finally gained great power.

The situation in the Central Plains changed tremendously at this time. Zhou State attacked Qi, and Chen State also took the opportunity to fight the northern expedition to restore Henan prefectures and counties. Naturally, there was no energy to clear out the Wanchun State, which was about to be ready to move.

After Qi was destroyed, Zhou and Chen competed for Huainan Prefectures and County and won a great victory. Chen lost all the territory in Jiangbei. The national defense situation took a sharp turn. Emperor Chen Xu died in depression. Chen Shubao, who succeeded to the throne, only knew how to live a drunken life and a dream. How could he care about Wanchun Kingdom dormant near Jiaozhou in Yilingbiao?

But he was very concerned about whether the Guangzhou Governor wanted to rebel. Later, the Guangzhou Governor Ma Jing, who was quite popular with the local people, was suspected of rebellion and was attacked by a large army sent by the court. The people of Lingbiao were panic, and no one paid attention to the Wanchun Kingdom in Jiaozhou.

At this moment, Li Fozi seized the opportunity and suddenly attacked the Longbian of Jiaozhou Prefecture, drove away the governor of Jiaozhou, and "restored" Wanchun's "capital".

But Li Fozi was scheming and did not openly break with Chen State with the banner of Wanchun Kingdom, but instead lowered his attitude and sent someone to Guangzhou to meet with the new governor Chen Fangqing to "clear the misunderstanding."

He also expressed his determination and said that he would guard Jiaozhou for Dachen and fight against the young generals to atone for his sins.

This kind of nonsense is almost the same to coax a child, but Chen Fangqing himself cannot protect himself. He replaced Ma Jing as the governor of Guangzhou, and naturally replaced Ma Jing as the emperor's figure who was worried about rebellion, and he was wholeheartedly willing to protect himself.

It is better to have less than more things, let alone mobilizing troops, which is easy to cause suspicion, so Chen Fangqing could not have the intention to send troops to attack Li Fozi.

Li Fozi occupied Jiaozhou and formed factual control. Now that he lowered his posture, he gave a step. Chen Fangqing pinched his nose and accepted it. The court's attention was all on him, so he pinched his nose and accepted it, making Li Fozi legitimately become the governor of Jiaozhou.

Under the guise of being the governor of Jiaozhou, Li Fozi was obedient to Chen Guofeng on the surface, but in fact, he acted as the monarch of Wanchun Kingdom. This trick of fishing for troubled waters is easy to see through. The reason why he can act until now is that the Central Plains court has not yet grasped it.

Yuwen Wen went out from Fanyu, inspected and comforted the ridges. When he arrived in Anzhou Prefecture, he sent someone to summon Li Fozi and let the other party meet at Song Shou. This was actually a test, and Li Fozi was indeed unwilling to come.

If it is common sense, Li Fozi believed that Yuwen Wen, who had just arrived for the first time, did not dare to come. This is understandable, but Yuwen Wen had been to many prefectures and counties, but he did not kill anyone to establish his authority. His posture was already done well.

The three great families of Lingbiao have surrendered, which means that the new government has been recognized by them. Moreover, Yuwen Wen invited Li Fozi to Song Shou when he arrived at the territory of Ning clan in Anzhou. If Li Fozi had a clear conscience, he would definitely come happily, and the result...

In his heart, he still regarded himself as the monarch of Wanchun Kingdom, rather than the governor of Jiaozhou in the Central Plains court!

"Wanchun Kingdom, hum, just be the monkey and the crown!" Yuwen Wen sneered. This trick of gathering a few minions to establish the country and calling it a lonely man in a broken tile house makes people want to laugh after watching it.

"King, Wanchun Kingdom is not a problem. It is not difficult to defeat Li Fozi. The key is to cure the aftermath, that is, to cure the root cause." Wang Meng said, "Most of the governors of Jiaozhou in all dynasties have been too plundered, which is why people follow each other when local tyrants are uprising."

"I think Fanyu is a place of smoky place compared to Jiankang, while Longbian is also a place of smoky place compared to Fanyu. Foreigners who went to Jiaozhou to become officials probably had a mentality of throwing apart. Only by plundering people's wealth can they soothe their injured hearts."

"What the king said is very good, but the position of governor of Jiaozhou cannot be handed over to the local wealthy families for hereditary purposes, because the maritime trade in Jiaozhou is even more advanced than that in Guangzhou. As long as you are willing to manage it, you can accumulate huge wealth in a few years, which will only encourage the ambitions of those wealthy families."

"First solve Li Fozi, I will submit a report to the court. At that time, a good-character person will be appointed as the governor of Jiaozhou and slowly change the local situation."

Yuwen Wen was discussing the affairs of Jiaozhou with Wang Meng at this time, and Li Fozi was the inside story of the monarch of Wanchun, and it was also Wang Meng who told him that because when Wang Meng was the Grand Governor of Chen State and the military governor of Lingbiaozhou and county, he had been carefully planning and looking for an opportunity to attack Li Fozi.

Therefore, Wang Meng carefully studied the situation in Jiaozhou. Now the situation has changed. On the contrary, Wang Yu and Wen Wen of Xiyang are about to take action against Jiaozhou. Therefore, Wang Meng actively offered suggestions and contributed to Yuwen Wen's efforts to eradicate the "abscess" of Wanchunguo.

But what he wants to do now is another thing.
Chapter completed!