Xiang Zhen smiled and looked at his father and said, "What do I want to do? Of course I want to make changes. If you are poor, change will change, and if you can make changes, you will not hurt. Father, we have reached the time when we have to change. If we change, we still have a way to live. If we don't change, we can only sit in the poor city and end up with the end of the road. Do you want our Xiang family to become a bandit like Liu Xinda?"

Looking at Xiang Zhen, Xiang Xun's body was a little stiff. After a while, he stood up from the recliner, paced back and forth in the room, and finally walked to the big case in the study room, sat down, and then said, "Then how do you want to change?"

"First, as you said, I want to unite the entire South, but it is not what you call unity now, because your unity cannot be achieved at all. I will take more intense measures to tie everyone together. Now the major military governors are in Guangzhou City, and the opportunity is once a lifetime. Speaking of which, if Li Ze's troops were not aggressive and the major military governors felt the imminent crisis, they would not have gathered here. The opportunity they wanted was only once, how could I let it go?"

"You want to detain all the military governors and observers?" Xiang Xun took a breath.

"How can it be detained?" Xiang Zhen laughed: "This is the important task of the court entrusting them. There are so many senior officials in the court who show their positions, and most of them were controlled by our Xiang family in the past. What's the use? This time, they were just right to return to their respective positions and let those who are truly capable and capable sit on it."

Xiang Xun glared at Xiang Zhen, which sounded good, but in fact it was still detained.

"Have you ever thought that this will cause a strong rebound in various places. If it is not good, it will be backfire! By then, Li Ze has not come here, so we will have to fight within ourselves first."

"I have confidence in this!" Xiang Zhen said lightly. "Secondly, I will cut off all economic exchanges with the Northern Tang Dynasty and completely cut off the economic and trade between the two sides. I will no longer let Li Ze make a profit from the south. In a short period of time, it will cause us certain losses, but in the long run, our south can be completely self-sufficient. Even if it will be poorer and inconvenient, it can eliminate the possibility of Li Ze's economic downfall. Of course, what is inconvenient may be the rich, the powerful and prominent, and the real people have been harmed by the north."

Speaking of this, Xiang Zhen paused for a moment, and then said: "You are sitting high in the Prime Minister's Mansion. You may not know that a large amount of northern cotton cloth has caused the mulberry, hemp, textile and other industries to almost collapse. It was originally the advantageous sugar products in the south, but now it is no longer available. Countless practitioners in the handicraft workshops have lost their jobs and become refugees, which has become the biggest instability factor. The influx of northern coins has caused a large amount of gold and silver to be lost, and the financial situation has become increasingly difficult. A large number of cheap goods in the north have almost occupied the entire market in our south. What can we give them? It is all the raw materials, including grain, where we send them at extremely low prices, and then exchange them for a lot of useless things for national economy and people's livelihood, such as your luxury and luxury carriage. Do you know that the cost of your carriage is enough to raise more than a hundred elite cavalry."

Xiang Xun gasped and stared at Xiang Zhen.

"Father, we are already in danger, but you are still lying on the couch and deceiving yourself." Xiang Zhen sighed: "Does Li Ze really have no strength to beat us? No, no. He wants to destroy us at the lowest price. There is nothing more humiliating in the world than this. His opponent doesn't even have the interest to beat us. He just watched quietly and played with some tricks, which would make us worse day by day and eventually collapse by himself."

"Speaking alarmist!" Xiang Xun said coldly. "Li Ze's army is indeed strong, but it is just on the northern battlefield. The climate, geography, and folk customs of the south are very different from those of the north. He can dominate the world in the north. When he goes to the south, he is afraid that he will not be able to move forward. If he doesn't hit us, he is just not ready yet. But he is preparing, aren't we preparing too?"

"We are not on the same level!" Xiang Zhen said: "The real gap between us and the north is not above the military. Even if Li Ze has those powerful weapons that are so terrifying, the weapons are ultimately used by people. As you said, most of the geographical factors in our south actually have great restrictions on the use of these powerful weapons. The real gap between us and them is in the efficiency of the court, the execution of officials, and the overall major policies and strategies. We are at a disadvantage in this regard. No matter how hard we struggle, we are passive and will be suppressed by our opponents. Father, the methods of rule that we used to work effectively in the past are no longer feasible."

"Doesn't it work if you say it doesn't work?" Xiang Xun sneered: "For the sake of you being my eldest son, I will give you a last chance to go back from here, return to your small courtyard, and accompany your wives, concubines, and children. Don't ask about political affairs again."

Xiang Zhen laughed loudly, walked to the window, reached out and pushed open the window. The bitter cold wind rushed in, diluting the warm breath in the room a lot. Xiang Xun shivered immediately.

"Father, you have already pulled the warning ringtone under the table at least three times, right? Don't you wonder why your guards have not rushed in yet?" Xiang Zhen looked at his father sarcastically and asked.

Xiang Xun's face gradually changed.

"You probably forgot that I came and went freely in this big study room. I still remember that when I was very young, my brothers often came to you to play. I even pulled that rope and we were scared to tears when we watched the guards rush in with their knives!" Xiang Zhen said with memories. "So, how could I not think of this? Your guards would not come in."

"You, you actually instigated my personal guard?" Xiang Xun's face turned pale.

"This is what people want!" Xiang Zhen walked to his father's table, sat down, and said, "Over the past year, I have sold all my property just to raise the salary for the soldiers. I have distributed all the land I can get to my soldiers in exchange for their loyalty. How can your guards not see it? Should I be loyal to a commander like me who is dedicated to the country, the people, and the people, or those who only care about their own enjoyment, spend their own money, but cannot even solve the food and clothing of their subordinates."

Xiang Xun Han stood up: "How dare they? They hold the highest salary among all the Lingnan army."

Xiang Zhen shook his head and said, "That was a long time ago. They are far inferior to my troops. Not to mention my troops, everyone has land and everyone only needs to pay a small amount of taxes. You probably forgot that your personal guards have families and families, and many people need them to raise."

Xiang Xun sat down dejectedly: "Don't forget that Xiang Zheng's imperial camp front army is responsible for the security of Guangzhou City. Your army is outside the city and has a curfew at this moment, so they cannot enter the city. As long as Xiang Zheng reacts, you still cannot escape."

Xiang Zhen sneered: "The third brother is a waste. Of course, his courage is still considerable. Unfortunately, he loves money so much that he even deducts the salary of his own subordinates. You don't think about it. Even your personal guards have been cast to me. Will the front army of the Imperial Camp led by the third brother still be loyal to him?"

"Xiang Jun is in Jiangxi, and he has tens of thousands of elite Lingnan soldiers in his hands. Xiang Zhen, if you do this, it will trigger a civil war in Lingnan. At that time, the world will be in chaos." Xiang Xun said earnestly: "The sea of ​​bitterness is boundless, and it is a shore when it turns back, and it is not too late to stop the horse. You can't control this situation."

Xiang Zhen looked at his father's slightly trembling body and said lightly: "A year ago, when I defeated E Yue and ran back from the disaster, I was thinking about how to change the current situation. When I entered the Lianhua Mountain Camp and started training, I began to make arrangements slowly. Jiangxi and Hunan are the focus of my management, how could I forget it? Xiang Jun, I can't come back. He can't have any civil war with me."

Xiang Xun took a breath: "You, are you colluding with Jiangxi and Hunan?"

"My father said it too badly. Why is it a collusion? It's just a group of like-minded people who are united together and want to do a big career." Xiang Zhen said: "It's time for the older generation to withdraw from the court, and **** should also give up the virtuous. You are not Li Ze's opponent, so let me give it a try."

"You must succeed?" Xiang Xun shouted.

"It may not be possible." Xiang Zhen said seriously: "Li Ze, it is the most amazing person I have ever seen in my life, but I will definitely do much better than you. Since we are destined to be Li Ze's enemy, even if we know we are defeated, I will do my best to deal with him until the last arrow is shot and the last drop of blood is drained. It is much better than being killed by him slowly like this. If I can make him feel pain in this process, then I will be very satisfied. Father, let me tell you the truth. All I have done is to force Li Ze to negotiate with us in the end, even if he asks us to surrender in the end, that is acceptable, instead of being disdainful of us like now, he doesn't even give us the chance to talk."

Xiang Xun was gasping for breath, suddenly jumped up from his seat, rushed to the window with agility that was not commensurate with his age, pulled open his throat and shouted, "Come, come!"
Chapter completed!