Thief Emperor

Chapter 562: Kill the Han thieves!

People from aristocratic families can use it, but they must be suppressed.

It would not be appropriate for Li Yun to do this job alone.

As the backbone, it is best not to involve yourself in too many conflicts. It is not like making a non-stick pan, but if there are too many conflicts with you, it is very likely to cause the center of gravity of the entire group to be unstable, and eventually cause problems.

In an ideal situation, the various internal factions would naturally check and balance each other, achieving unity without discord in the early stage, and fighting without breaking up in the middle stage.

As for the later stage...

Who knows how many years later that happened. Li Yun had no control over it and couldn’t ask about it.

For now, Du Qian is undoubtedly a good political partner. He is willing to abandon his own class stance and stand on Li Yun's side.

The reason for this is not entirely because of loyalty, nor because he betrayed his class, but because Du Qian, who has always been with Li Yun, sees it very clearly.

In Li Yun's future new dynasty, things like high-ranking aristocratic families will most likely no longer exist.

With the new imperial examination model, the popularization of knowledge, and other means, those who are willing to accept it obediently will gradually degenerate into the gentry.

In this way, at least the clan can be maintained, and when it becomes a scholarly family in the future, there will still be ancient ancestors to brag about.

If they are unwilling to make peace, Li will not show mercy. In the future, these clans will be cleaned out by him.

Under such circumstances, Du Qian's original class actually no longer existed.

The Jingzhao Du family has now fallen apart, and the Du family he will rebuild in the future will no longer be a noble family, but a scholar family.

One word difference makes a world of difference.

……

The New Year has passed.

Lu Huan got pregnant several months earlier than Liu Su, and her pregnancy was already showing.

After she became pregnant this time, nothing else changed, except that people from the Lu family came to see her a few times. In addition to Lu Huan's brother Lu Bin, there was also her uncle Lu Zhen.

Li Yun has no idea about the arrangement for the Lu family yet, so he can only put it aside for now, but what is certain is that he will definitely use the Lu family.

Because he had too few "relatives by marriage" and they were not enough.

In the Xue family, the only ones who can help out are his father-in-law Xue Song and the two brothers Xue Shou and Xue Fang. As for the next generation, it will take at least two or three years for his eldest nephew Xue Gui to come out and do something.

There are too few people.

In the early days of his business, Li Yun really needed a group of people who might not necessarily be outstanding in their abilities but had no reason to betray him, and placed them in positions that did not require much ability but were quite important.

That is to consolidate one's own authority.

At this time, because the southern part of the Jiangnan East Road had been basically cleared, there would not be any major problems as long as a few captain camps were stationed in the south. Therefore, after the New Year, Li Zheng did not return to the south.

He had his own house in Jinling, but he still often went to Li Garden to hug his eldest nephew Li Yuan and have fun with him.

In February, the weather gradually became warmer, and Li Zheng went to Li Yuan's study and found Li Yun who was reviewing documents.

At this moment, there was a thick pile of documents on Li Yun's desk, most of which were about Xincheng and this year's Jinling Literary Festival.

Li Zheng found a stool and sat down, then looked at Li Yun in a trance. After a long while, he suddenly said, "Second brother seems to have become... a different person."

Li Yun stopped writing, looked up at him, and after a moment of silence, he smiled and said, "Why do you say that?"

"My second brother didn't know many words before."

Li Zheng said silently: "My second brother now seems like a government official who works in the government office all year round."

“People always have to change.”

Li Yun put down the brush completely, looked at him, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Zheng scratched his head, put aside the messy thoughts in his mind, and smiled at Li Yun: "Second brother, my wife is pregnant too."

"Good thing."

Li Yun smiled and said, "That's great. I'll set up a table at your house in a couple of days and we brothers will go over for a drink."

Li Zheng waved his hand and said, "Let's wait until the baby is born. By the way, second brother."

He looked at Li Yun and said, "These two days, Third Uncle came to see me and talked about the Northern Expedition. He...he didn't object to Second Brother personally leading the troops north, but he objected to me going."

Li Zheng said softly: "Uncle San said that there are too few of us left in Jiangdong. He wants me to switch with Deng Yang and let me lead the Jinling Army."

Li Yun burst out laughing.

"How long have we been down from Cangshan Mountain? Why are we still thinking the same thing as in the village?"

Li Yun stood up, poured him a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "The finances of Jiangdong are now managed by Du He, but he sends me documents almost every day. It's the same when I go to the north. At most every three days, he sends me documents through the Nine Departments."

"The logistics of the Jiangbei garrison are managed by my father-in-law and my eldest brother-in-law."

"There are also the Nine Departments, the Inspection Department, and a variety of other personnel." Li Yun looked at Li Zheng and said with a smile: "Don't have those old thoughts anymore. Jiangdong... now has a sound system."

In a team with a sound system, it is unrealistic for people in the team to do things on their own, as they will be restricted by many aspects.

In fact, after another generation or two, it will be people with the same surname who are more worthy of caution.

"I'm taking you to the north mainly because..."

Li Yun looked at him and said silently: "Your military achievements are not enough. I am afraid that you will not be able to control the situation in the future."

This is the truth.

Among the four generals, even if we don’t count Zhou Liang, Li Zheng is still a little inferior to Deng Yang.

In the future, he will definitely play a very important role in the new dynasty, so we need to train him now.

Li Zheng's face turned red. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said, "I understand, second brother."

He paused, and then said, "Second brother, after the New Year, I want my eighth brother to come to Jinling as well. He is much more sensible now."

The mynah bird he was talking about was Zhang Hu.

Li Yun thought about it and nodded, "Let him come back. I will arrange a job for him and find a good girl for him to marry."

Hearing this, Li Zheng stood up, looked at Li Yun's desk, and then said with a smile: "Second brother is so busy here, I won't delay you. By the way, second brother, when are you going to the north?"

"About next month."

Li Zheng thought for a moment and suddenly said, "Second brother, I'll go first. I'll wait for you in Chuzhou."

"besides…"

He said seriously, "This trip will pass through the territory of the Pinglu Army. I want to go there first for my second brother to see the attitude of General Zhou."

Li Yun frowned: "You want to go to Qingzhou?"

Li Zheng nodded: "I will lead the troops north first, and then the army will stay in Chuzhou. I will go north to Qingzhou to meet Zhou Xu."

Li Yun frowned and shook his head slightly: "No, you can go to Chuzhou, but you can't go to Qingzhou to see Zhou Xu."

"That's a vixen. You are no match for him. When you get to Qingzhou, he will see through you."

Li Zheng whispered: "But second brother, you go directly..."

"I borrowed this passage to go north to resist the Khitan, and he didn't dare to stop me."

"By then, Zhao Cheng and Deng Yang will have many troops concentrated along the Huai River. If he moves..."

Li narrowed his eyes, his eyes flashing with ferocity: "I will directly use the name of justice to defeat the Pinglu Army first, and then continue to head north!"

Li Zheng naturally didn't understand what the righteous cause was. He asked Li Yun a few questions, but Li Yun didn't understand either. In the end, he could only explain, "If we quarrel, we will be right."

Li Zheng seemed to be thinking about something, and finally lowered his head and said, "Second brother, I will go back and think about it myself."

Li Yun patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Read more books."

"You have no problem leading the troops now, but in other aspects, you are far behind Lao Jiu."

Li Zheng nodded silently, bowed to Li Yun and said, "I'll remember that, second brother."

"I won't embarrass you."

He took a deep breath and suddenly added, "Brother, if I hinder you in the future...just put me down."

Li Yun frowned, stepped forward and patted Li Zheng on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "In two or three years, you will be able to command 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers and horses, and gallop across the country. My brother is a dragon among men."

"How can it be a hindrance?"

Li Zheng grinned, clasped his fists towards Li Yun, then turned around and strode away.

He has indeed worked very hard in the past two years, especially after he went out on his own and commanded an army. Most of the time, he found it quite strenuous.

Now that he has finally been recognized, Li Zheng is of course very happy.

Li Yun looked at Li Zheng's leaving back, was silent for a while, then quietly returned to his seat and sighed softly.

After a few years of "entrepreneurship", he seemed to have naturally become somewhat estranged from his old brothers.

But soon, Li Yun calmed down.

He first wrote a letter to General Zhou Xu, and then found the map of Henan and Hebei, and studied it in detail bit by bit.

Finally, he set his eyes on Qingzhou and whispered softly.

"If you don't give in, you're a traitor."

"Then I will really kill my relatives for the sake of justice and kill the Han thieves."

(End of this chapter)