Thief Emperor

Chapter 509 Is there such a good thing?

The news coming from the capital city was really too unbelievable.

Even Li Yun couldn't understand why the court, which was in such a state now, could still do such a stupid thing.

But Jiusi would not spread false information to deceive him.

Part of Li Yun’s current intelligence resources are fixed in Guanzhong, because he needs to be aware of the developments in Guanzhong and the capital at any time.

Half of this group of people were former members of the Imperial City Division who had defected to Li Yun.

Guanzhong is their original hometown, so these people are naturally adept at doing things.

This piece of news was not a rumor they had heard, but rather a document that the imperial court was preparing to send through the Ministry of Personnel to more than 30 prefectures and counties in Jiangnan and Huainan routes, and people from the Nine Departments had seen one of the documents.

Moreover, this is not a secret at all, and it is even something that needs to be made public.

Now, some of these dozens of people in the court have already left the capital and are on their way to various prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River. It is not surprising that the news was heard by people from the Nine Departments.

When seeing this news, Mr. Li felt very strange.

Firstly, he felt a little disappointed because the official position he had worked so hard to get in the past few years was revoked. After all, to be honest, he was able to rise so quickly because of his "fame and status" in the court.

But in addition to the sense of loss, what I feel more is an inexplicable sense of excitement!
From the very beginning, he had no intention of getting along with the Great Zhou court. Even when he was a bandit in the Cangshan stronghold, he looked down on the current court from the bottom of his heart.

Later, a series of actions by the court made him look down on it even more.

Being an official in the Zhou Dynasty court is just like borrowing a hen to lay eggs.

Now, not only has his egg been laid, but it has also hatched, but its size is slightly smaller than that of the current Da Zhou.

Of course, this operation of using someone else's chicken to lay eggs is not without cost. The cost is that, at least in name, Li Yun is a minister of the Great Zhou. In this way, when he starts a rebellion in the future, he will face some moral condemnation.

After all, this is an era that emphasizes the relationship between rulers and subjects, and fathers and sons.

When he really achieves his great cause, no matter how well he does or how rotten the Zhou Dynasty is, there will always be people who will jump out and accuse him of being a traitor and being disloyal and unfilial.

And now, the court suddenly dismissed him from his post. He didn't even need to find any reason to purge the court, and he didn't need to be a powerful official in the court in the future. If he was a little ruthless, he could just start a new business!

Seeing that Li Yun had given several orders in a short while, Su Sheng, who was standing by, was a little curious and asked with a smile, "Master, you look a little strange, what happened?"

Li Yun came back to his senses, looked up at Su Sheng, and said with a smile: "From now on, you may not be able to call me Lord Fu."

He handed the document in his hand to Su Sheng and said with a smile: "Because I attacked Ezhou, the court wants to dismiss me from my post and demote me to a commoner."

Su Sheng was stunned after hearing his words. He took the document from Li Yun and asked in surprise, "Is there such a good thing?"

Li Yun laughed out loud at his words.

Su Sheng quickly finished reading the document from the Nine Departments. After reading it, he exclaimed: "The Lord is really well-informed now. Looking at the time of the intelligence, it was only three or four days ago. The capital is more than a thousand miles away from here, and the news was delivered to the Lord so quickly."

“It cost money.”

Li Yun lowered his head to drink and said with a smile: "It costs me a lot of money every month to hire those old people from the Imperial City Department. After they arrive in the capital, they need a lot of money to take root in the capital."

"I won't hide it from you, brother."

Li Yun smiled and said, "Some of them have returned to work for the Imperial City Department."

Su Sheng was amazed when he heard this.

His eyes fell on the document in his hand again, then he looked up at Li Yun and said, "Master, since we are no longer officials of the imperial court, why should we care about Jiangnan West Road or not? We might as well transfer all the soldiers from Qiantang here!"

"Not only do we occupy the territory of the Wuchang Military Governor, we can also grit our teeth and rush directly to Jingxiang and occupy both states!"

"By that time, the entire southeastern half of the country will sooner or later belong to the Duke of Fu. There will be no need to give a man named Wu an official position!"

Su Sheng's attitude is very simple.

If your court recognizes Erlang as the Inspector of Jiangnan, our territory will only be in the East and West of Jiangnan. If your court does not recognize us!
Then all places in the world can be our territory, it all depends on your ability!

Li Yun was also very interested when he heard this. He rolled his eyes and murmured, "This is something we can really consider. It's a pity that the document from the court arrived too early."

"If you come again at this time next year, I will go straight to Jingxiang without a second thought!" Li Yun's current strength has expanded again. After several months of conscription, if we look at the number alone, the number of troops under his command has reached 70,000 to 80,000!
However, the training level of half of them is still not high enough and they are still at the level of recruits.

Now, once this imperial edict is issued, although Li Yun is not worried about the rebellion of the four armies under him, there will definitely be trouble in some of the more than 30 prefectures and counties under his jurisdiction.

Therefore, Zhao Cheng's troops had to control the six states of Jiangdong, Zhou Liang's troops had to maintain the base near Nanjing, and Li Zheng's troops had to help Li Yun control the south to prevent any accidents.

The only people he can use right now are Su Sheng and others.

Apart from anything else, if the number of people currently available doubled, Li Yun would not even think twice and would directly raise an army and march to Jingxiang!

After taking several deep breaths and trying to calm himself down, Li Yun looked at Su Sheng and said slowly, "Brother, call all the soldiers from Yongxing. Tomorrow, no matter whether Lu Yunzhang surrenders or not, we must take Ezhou, and then go all the way west to take Yuezhou, Langzhou, and Lizhou!"

"Then, we will station troops in Yuezhou and look north to Jingzhou!"

"it is good."

Su Sheng stood up without hesitation. Whether it was because of the alcohol or because he was too excited, his face was obviously flushed. He smiled and said, "I will make arrangements right away. No matter what, we must capture Ezhou tomorrow."

After Su Sheng left, Li Yun sat there alone, drank several sips of wine, and was lost in thought.

I don’t know how long it took, but a pair of slender hands put the coat on him. Li Yun looked back and saw Liu Su, still dressed in men’s clothes, standing behind him.

"What are you thinking about, husband?"

Liu Su sat down next to him.

Li Yun smiled, stood up directly, stretched out his hand and pulled her into his arms, picked her up with one hand and held her in his arms.

"I'm just waiting for you to come over!"

He was able to lift Liu Su up with one hand and carried her into the big tent easily. Liu Su blushed and exclaimed, "Husband, what are you doing? There are so many people in the barracks watching us!"

"Who's watching?"

Just as she closed her eyes, Li Yun carried her into the big tent and put her down.

Liu Su waited for a long time, but saw no movement from Li Yun. She then opened her eyes carefully. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw the pen, ink, paper and inkstone already placed in front of her.

Her husband, who was sitting opposite her with a smirk on his face, suddenly coughed and became serious.

"Sister Su writes fast, I told you to write."

Liu Su breathed a sigh of relief, but felt a little disappointed. However, he still picked up the pen obediently and looked up at Li Yun.

Li Yun stood up, touched his chin with his hand, and spoke slowly.

"Benefits from this, brother..."

……

Jinling City, Jinling Government Office.

Du Qian, dressed in a sky blue robe, was sitting in his study, working. Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. He stopped writing with his brush and asked, "Who is it?"

"Sir, Liu Si wants to see you."

It was Dulan's voice.

When Du Qian heard Liu Sizheng, he knew who it was. He stood up and quickly came to the door. When he opened the door, he saw Liu Bo standing at the door. He quickly stepped aside to invite Liu Bo in and said with a smile, "What's the matter? Liu Sizheng came here in person?"

Liu Bo looked at Du Qian and said seriously, "Sir, let's sit down and talk."

Du Qian responded and asked Du Laian to close the door. Then he poured tea for Liu Bo and the two sat across the table from each other.

Liu Bo handed two documents to Du Qian and said, "Please take a look, sir. One of them is the information sent back from the capital, and the other is a letter sent to you by my second brother."

After hearing these two sentences, Du Qian knew that it was a serious matter. He quickly took it over, unfolded it one by one and read it, then a strange look appeared on his face.

"There is such a strange thing..."

(End of this chapter)