Thief Emperor

Chapter 431 Please come to Beijing!

In the capital, several military governors received their respective rewards, which showed that the division of interests, or the tug of war between various forces, had already produced a result.

At least those are the preliminary results.

Although Li Yun had no way of knowing the specific assignments of the three Jiedushi behind the scenes through this information, those three must have gained some benefits from this matter.

Now that the fighting in the capital has come to an end, they will definitely expand outward after the situation stabilizes. At that time, local forces such as Li Yun will be impacted.

That's why he said that Jiangdong's peaceful days would not last long.

Soon there will be a war to be fought.

But now, Li Yun is still quite confident. In the past few months, he rode a horse to leave Jinling and went to Qiantang County, to Li Zheng's army in the south, and to Yangzhou in the north.

Including the Jinling Army stationed in Jinling, Li Yun would hang out with them whenever he had nothing to do.

After several months, the various armies and generals at various levels under Jiangdong had basically become very neat and clear, and the entire system was able to run smoothly.

As for the civil service system, although it is still incomplete, it is at least usable.

Under the current circumstances, the civil service system is obviously not as important as the military. With Du Qian in charge, the civil service system will not be in chaos, and it is enough as long as it can perform some basic functions.

In other words, while the Emperor was struggling with several military governors, although Li Yun did not expand the territory or recruit soldiers on a large scale, he once again completed the transformation of the army.

Even today, Jiangdong has the ability to establish its own separatist regime.

Li Yun stroked his chin and pondered for a while, then said, "One prince, two dukes."

"It seems quite provocative."

Du Qian smiled and said, "Of course it is suspected of provoking others."

"Those Jiedushi are doing this to clearly control the government and become the powerful ministers of the Great Zhou. The emperor is weak and cannot resist. There is no good way but to manipulate these small matters."

After the imperial court declined, official positions and titles were no longer valuable. Even Li Yun, a local official who was a bandit three or four years ago, is now a Silver and Green Guanglu Doctor of the imperial court. This is a clear example.

But despite this, the word "Prince" is still too tempting for men.

Who doesn’t want to be crowned king with a different surname?
Although for the two military governors, there was no substantial difference between the Duke and the Prince, it was still a bit embarrassing.

But at their level, sometimes the best thing is actually face.

Many emperors throughout history, including this emperor, have attached great importance to their own face.

The three people are treated differently, so there may be internal strife. If they fight among themselves, the emperor may be able to find some opportunities from it.

To put it bluntly, it was just the emperor's powerless struggle.

Li Yun stretched his muscles and said softly, "If the three of them withdraw from Guanzhong, the court will need at least three to five years, or even longer, to recover. However, these three governors are now in Guanzhong, and the soldiers they brought with them have not been disbanded. The court can recover almost immediately, and will be stronger than before."

With three military governors in the capital, the power that the imperial court can mobilize is naturally greater than that of the former Great Zhou.

The only difference is that today’s powerful imperial court is not necessarily ruled by the Wu family emperor.

Mr. Li looked at Li Zheng and said with a smile, "Who knows, someone might come and cause trouble for us soon."

Li Zheng, who was standing next to Li Yun, said with a smile, "After this reorganization, I'm afraid there won't be many people in Jiangdong that Second Brother is afraid of."

Although the number of people did not increase much, after this reorganization, the efficiency and overall combat effectiveness of the entire Jiangdong army have increased.

Li Yun shook his head and laughed, "You are too arrogant."

The three of them talked for a while, and Li Yun looked back at the granary and said, "We need to build a few more of these granaries. I'll send my guards to supervise. From now on, we need to store grain. The more the better."

Du Qian responded and said, "I'll get someone to do it right away."

Mr. Li stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes fixed on the grain.

"No matter how the situation changes, as long as we have food and soldiers, we don't have to panic."

"Just take advantage of it."

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That day, Li Yun took Li Zheng for a long tour around Jinling City. In the afternoon, he took Li Zheng to Li Garden and took him to see his eldest nephew Li Yuan, whom he had never met before.

When he saw the baby, Li Zheng first bowed to Xue Yun'er, then stepped forward and carefully picked up the child. After holding the child in his arms, he looked at the child's eyebrows and eyes, and said with some emotion: "He looks very much like my second brother when he was a child."

Li Zheng is only two years younger than Li Yun. The two brothers have played together since they were young and grew up together. Even when they did bad things, they were always together, so naturally they had a deep relationship.

There is no difference between brothers.

Seeing Li Yun's child at this time, Li Zheng naturally felt a lot of emotions in his heart.

Li Yun on the side laughed and scolded: "You are not even as old as me, how come you have seen what I looked like when I was a child?"

Li Zheng carefully put the child down and said with a smile: "At that time, I was still young."

Xue Yuner took the child, looked up at Li Zheng, and said with a smile: "When will uncle get married? There are many girls in Jinling City. Do you want me to find a marriage for you?"

Li Zheng was startled, then scratched his head. Just as he was about to speak, Li Yun beside him said, "If Madam has time, she should really find a marriage for him. It's time for him to get married."

Li Zheng did not refuse, and just smiled at Xue Yun'er: "Then second sister-in-law, please help me take a look first, but this year, I definitely don't have time. At least I will have time to come and see you at the end of the year."

There will be a war in the second half of the year. All the top leaders in Jiangdong know it, and Li Zheng naturally knows it too. Now that he leads more than 10,000 troops in Jiangdong, there are many things to come.

Xue Yuner smiled and said, "Shouldn't your uncle stay in Jinling for a few days this time? In my opinion, we should meet in the next few days. If you like each other, you can get married by the end of this year." "If you get married earlier, your second brother will feel relieved. He will talk to me about you when he has nothing to do."

Li Zheng scratched his head and said, "Okay, okay."

He bowed to Xue Yun'er and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law."

Li Yun, who was standing by, clapped his hands and laughed, "It seems that I have finally forgotten about that girl Qingyang."

Xue Yun'er had lived in Qingyang for a long time, and was curious when she heard this, so she asked, "Which girl in Qingyang is this? How come I don't know her?"

Li Zheng blushed and shook his head quickly, saying, "That's not true, that's not true. Don't listen to my second brother's nonsense."

"I...I have some things to do with my uncle, so I'll leave first."

After saying that, he fled.

Mr. Li looked at his back and laughed.

Xue Yun'er held the child in her arms, still a little curious: "Husband, which girl from Qingyang is this?"

"It's the Huifulou next to the county government office, remember?"

"Remember, remember."

Xue Yuner quickly said: "When I was in Qingyang, I went there many times to eat. His family..."

"Oh, right."

She remembered and nodded, "He has a daughter in his family, which is a sign of birth."

"Uncle, if you like it, just say it directly. Why are you being so secretive?"

"At that time, he was working as a yamen runner beside me. It was good enough for him to secretly glance at me. I just kept it in my heart, how could I dare to say it?"

"Nowadays, the girls have been married for a year or two."

At this point, Mr. Li put his hands on his waist and said with a smile: "In this regard, he is not as good as me. I am very courageous."

Xue Yun'er glared at him and said angrily, "Yes, yes, you are so brave that you even robbed the bridal sedan."

It seems that women are born with empathy for these things. When Xue Yuner said this, she suddenly sighed and said, "It's a pity."

“That’s life.”

Mr. Li said leisurely: "But the girl may not be doing badly now, so it's useless to think too much."

"After all, there are few people in this world who are as brave as me."

Xue Yun'er hummed and silently rocked the child in her arms.

"I'll find a suitable family for him in the next few days and see if we can arrange a meeting."

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The next morning.

Li Yun had been busy for several months and had a rare chance to sleep in. Before he woke up, there was a knock on the door: "Uncle, uncle."

It’s Dong’er’s voice.

Dong'er pushed the door open and walked in, sitting beside Li Yun's bed, shaking Li Yun and whispering, "The imperial edict has arrived!"

Li Yun opened his eyes dazedly, looked at Dong'er, and then rubbed his eyes with his hands: "What imperial edict?"

"It's the imperial edict of the court."

While Dong'er was looking for clothes for Li Yun, she said, "The two fathers-in-law are waiting for the son-in-law in the front yard of Li Garden."

She pulled Li Yun up and started to put clothes on him.

This is a maidservant who only stays in the same room with her, so there is nothing to be shy about.

Soon, Li Yun was dressed by her, washed his face, and then came to the front yard.

In the front yard, two eunuchs were waiting. After seeing Li Yun, they both stepped forward and saluted.

Mr. Li looked at the two eunuchs, both of whom were dressed in blue.

He rubbed his brow.

His intelligence capabilities were still insufficient, and he only now learned that two people from the imperial court had entered Nanjing.

But this cannot be blamed on anyone. It is already difficult to track a target of one or two people. In addition, they did not notify anyone in advance, so it is indeed difficult to determine the exact identities of these two people.

Mr. Li clasped his fists and forced a smile on his face: "My two lords, what's the matter?"

"And give the command to the envoy."

They bowed and handed a wooden box to Li Yun, saying with a smile: "We servants will not read the imperial edict, please read it yourself."

Another eunuch said with a smile.

"Your Majesty invites you to go to the capital."

(End of this chapter)