Northern Dynasties

"Cai Canjun, do you think I should listen to Li Boxan's advice?"

After this meeting, on the way home, King Yueyang no longer had the expectation of coming back. With his brows tightly frowned, with a pensive and troubled expression on his face, he looked at Cai Dabao, who was the number one confidant under his sect and also the most frequent visitor to Mianbei, and asked.

Cai Dabao knew that it was difficult to answer this question, so he pondered for a while before he opened his mouth and said: "Regardless of his temperament and ambition, the governor of another country is definitely not someone who can be entrusted to conspire with each other in state affairs."

"That's right, no matter how righteous and powerful Li Boshan is, he is still a minister of another country, and no matter how reckless Du Shi is, he is still a citizen under my Yongzhou rule. It is indeed inappropriate to attract outsiders to attack oneself."

After hearing this, King Yueyang also sighed, but his tone was full of unwillingness and regret, which caused his dissatisfaction with Li Tai: "This captive general is really eloquent. The former treasure is a big loss to me. With the fresh products in his hometown, he was short-lived for a while, but he boasted a lot but couldn't keep it. He deliberately put forward a condition that I can't promise to make things difficult for me, it's really annoying!"

Saying this in his mouth, he still couldn't let it go, and then scolded Mrs. Du again: "This thief is corrupt and overlords the people, and he is rich in himself, but he still refuses to be satisfied! Even if there is no such thing as Li Boshan, if Hanshui Bibo can help me It is also a good deed that benefits the people of Yizhou and the state affairs!"

Before the meeting in Shazhou, Li Tai suggested that materials could be transported along the Hanshui River, and that the two parties could not only trade in white sugar, but also trade in other goods.

But the problem is that King Yueyang's power is far from enough to cover the entire Hanshui River Basin, and even Xiangyang, where he is now sitting, only took advantage of Li Tai's invasion to control the people, horses, money and food.Not to mention the Hanshui River Basin which is farther away, the section of the waterway controlled by the Du brothers is completely out of the control of King Yueyang.

Li Tai took advantage of the situation to bring up the old matter again, expressing his willingness to send troops to help King Yueyang solve the Du clan.They cooperated with each other inside and outside, and captured the city where the Du brothers were sitting by the Han River, and then King Yueyang made a gesture to regain the lost ground and actually took the city in his hands.

Although this proposal seems to be beneficial to King Yueyang, it will not cost much to expand the sphere of influence, and it can also obtain the control of the Hanshui Channel and frosting sugar, a luxury with extremely high value and profit.

But besides the consideration of pros and cons, people still have moral constraints after all, not to mention that King Yueyang is a decent King of Xiaoliangzong, if he invites foreigners to invade his own territory, it will be a bottom line behavior for him.

"Well, Li Boshan looks elegant in appearance and spirit, but his essence is still unavoidably mediocre. He used this to calculate me, but he really judged others by himself and despised me. Conspiracies and tricks are far from the right way. In the future, he can't be with me again. Befriend this person deeply, so as not to be infected by his treachery!"

After pondering and weighing for a long time, King Yueyang reluctantly rejected this tempting proposal in his heart. Although there were benefits in it, the risk was too great.

Their brothers are already sensitive to the situation, and if they implicate other brothers because of their greed and indulgence, he will have no face to see his siblings again.What's more, even if the Du brothers are defeated, the upper reaches of the Han River are still entrenched by powerful tyrants, and it is not easy to completely control this waterway!

Although he said so on the lips, King Yueyang still had regrets in his heart, whether it was giving up Li Tai's proposal or giving up the friendship with Li Tai.

He received the orthodox royal education of Nanliang since he was a child, with grace and elegance. Although he had extreme thoughts due to his father's untimely death and his grandfather's abolition of the royal family, he did not completely cast aside the constraints of his family education.

To him, although people like Li Tai are well-known, they are less constrained by red tape. They are full of vitality and imagination in everything they do, especially a few miraculous deeds that make Xiao Xi full of envy and jealousy.Since the two sides came into contact, they have even fantasized that they would be like this...

King Yueyang said that he would be protected from his treacherous influence, but he was actually worried that he would be affected by Li Tai's wild imagination, but he didn't have enough courage and strength to realize it, which would only increase the trouble.It's like a person who knows that drugs are harmful, so he is still trying to use his reason to restrain himself and continue to try.

But in fact, the biggest addiction of human beings is the addiction of the heart. As long as the mind is moved, it will only be sooner or later before the complete sinking.

Now that he decided not to be tempted by this, King Yueyang temporarily put this matter behind him and did not think about it. After returning to Xiangyang, he devoted himself to military and political affairs all day long. Work to anesthetize yourself and stop thinking about it.

But soon an accident interrupted Yueyang King's strenuous days. Before that, the Du brothers had appealed to the Xiangdong King Xiao Yi who was in Jiangling because of the military incident in Xiangyang. Now Xiao Yi sent his envoys to come. Du'an of the Jingzhao Du family was ordered to be the Sima of Yongzhou Prefecture, succeeding the surrendered general Liu Fanggui.

The king of eastern Hunan is now the governor of Jingzhou, and he is the governor of the military forces in the states between Jianghan and Han Dynasty. He is the highest military and political officer in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. right to speak.He directly appointed the Sima of Yongzhou Prefecture, which is not considered exceeding his authority.

But this behavior undoubtedly directly slapped King Yueyang in the face. After all, King Yueyang is the governor of the Yongfu, and Jingzhao Du was also suspected of defecting to the enemy and planning to expel King Yueyang. Now the King of Xiangdong directly bypassed King Yueyang and appointed Du as The state governor, what good intentions can he have?
"Xiannu hates me sitting in the Dayong Mansion, and he uses this to trick me. It's too deceiving! If I'm cheap, how can he be expensive?"

After King Yueyang learned about this, he immediately broke his defenses, pointing to the south direction of Jiangling in the palace and yelling, he hated this Uncle Qi who refused to give him the slightest bit of decency.

While speaking, he wanted to put on his battle armor and go to the state capital, massacring Jingzhou's envoy and Du An and others in the hall to vent his anger.

"Your Majesty, calm down, Your Majesty, please calm down..."

Cai Dabao and other subordinates rushed over after hearing the news. Seeing that King Yueyang was furious, they all voiced their advice and appeasement.

King Yueyang also knew that it was unwise to do so, but he couldn't swallow the anger in his heart, and cursed fiercely: "Du family is a slave, it is really not a pity to die! The former surrendered to the enemy and did evil, I have already lived righteously, now They also colluded with other towns and dominated my government, really thought I wouldn't dare..."

Seeing that King Yueyang was still unable to control his emotions under his fury, Cai Dabao and other confidants hurriedly waved their hands to screen out other idlers in the hall, and when only the core members of the palace were left in the hall, Cai Dabao knelt on the ground again and said in a deep voice: "If your majesty really has made a decision, I would like to ask you to go to Mianbei again as an envoy and tell Li Shi..."

After hearing this, King Yueyang became a little calmer, returned to the banquet and sat down, pondered for a long time before opening his mouth and said in a deep voice: "Master Du must not stay any longer. I am the step to advance, and there will be no place for me in this town for a long time!"

Before, he didn't dare to attack the Du family directly, because he was not absolutely sure, and he was worried that other big clans in the territory would harm him and they would gang up against him.But now that such a long time has passed, the attitudes of the big clans in the territory towards him have not changed much, but the Du family has become even more arrogant, making him finally decide to kill him.

When Cai Dabao came to Rangcheng again, Li Tai was not surprised, and still warmly entertained him and his party.But when he talked about the things he proposed before, Li Tai was no longer enthusiastic and hospitable, and his attitude was a little cold.

Of course, Li Dadu, who is so righteous, didn't want to pretend to take Joe deliberately, but after returning to Jingzhou, he thought about it carefully and felt that his previous proposal was a bit hasty.What they want to get through is the entire Hanshui waterway, not just a Du family, so of course they need a more comprehensive plan.

Of course, when Li Tai raised this question, he wanted to reconfirm whether the Yueyang King Xiao Xi really swallowed his bait, or whether he was just using him as a spear to deal with the Jingzhao Du family, intending to throw it away after use.

Cai Dabao knew that before the other party offered to propose but they were treated coldly and politely rejected, and now it will not be as smooth to bring up the old matter again, so after hearing Li Tai's supplementary question, Dang even told their plan.

From Xiangyang to the west along the Han River Basin, there are Xinxing County and Nanyang County owned by overseas Chinese, all of which are in the hands of the Du brothers, which shows the strength of their clan.And to the west of the Du brothers' power, it is Qixing County in Nanliang.

Going west from Qixing County, you will enter the scope of Hanzhong. There are many powerful and barbaric chieftains, and the forces are also intricate. Among them, the Ankang prefect Li Qianzhe who has settled in Shannan for generations is the most powerful.It can be said that if the clan does not cooperate, it is impossible to control this section of the Han River.

After passing Ankang County and going west, you will arrive at Nanzheng, the core area of ​​Hanzhong and the state capital of Liangzhou.The old version of Hanzhong was ruled by the Western Wei Dynasty. In the early years of Datong, the famous Southern Liang general Lan Qin came to attack. Yuan Luo, the clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty who was the governor of Liangzhou at that time, surrendered from the city. Since then, Hanzhong has been ruled by the Southern Liang Dynasty.

Today's governor of Liangzhou is also Xiao Xun, Marquis of Yifeng, a Southern Liang clan. His elder brother is Xiao Fan, the former Poyang King of Jingzhou, and their father, Xiao Hui, is the ninth younger brother of Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan. The famous stallion in the clan is said to have had forty sons.

When Cai Dabao came to see him this time, his attitude was quite frank, and he clearly told Li Tai that the Du brothers and their Xiangyang troops could be dealt with internally and externally, and Qi Xing prefect Xi Gu also tried his best to persuade him.After all, in Xiangyang, where there are many wealthy families, the Andingxi family is far less powerful and aloof than Wei Liudu and other big families, and they are also under the control of the state lord.

As for Qixing County to go further upstream, King Yueyang, who had just gained a firm foothold in Xiangyang, was beyond his reach, and they still needed to discuss with each other.