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Chapter 483: All the way north

The carriage squeaked and staggered, and a cavalryman guarded the more than 100 people and set out towards Wuweijie Town. This was the team sent by Weizhou Governor Pei Ju to escort Xuanwu envoy and Zuopushe Wang Duo. However, Gao Xiangsheng was too heavy by Pei Ju because his injuries were too heavy. The long journey might cause the injury to worsen and stayed in Weizhou to rest. Wait for his injury to recover after his injuries improved slightly before sending him to Zhenzhou.

"What happened yesterday was shocking!" Wu Jian looked at Jing Xiang and said, "Liang Han is just a fifth-rank general. He actually beat the fourth-rank minister of the Ministry of Personnel in public. It can be seen that the people of Wuwei did not take these seriously at all. Of course, these people are really worthy of respect."

Jing Xiang smiled and said, "This is a good thing! People like Wensong are worthy of respect or not, but the political signal sent by Liang Han's beating him in public is enough to shock many people."

"Xue Ping and others must be restless!" Wu Jian said: "I think the news is being delivered to them quickly, right?"

Jing Xiang nodded: "It must be like this. Xue Ping will see Li Ze's attitude from this incident, and thus be more determined to limit Li Ze's physiognomy. Therefore, he will spare no effort to rescue these people. In order to survive in Wuyi, these people will definitely unite firmly around Xue Ping and form a royalist group to fight against Li Ze. Only in this way can they have the opportunity to survive and further gain some power to make themselves live better and more comfortable."

"This is indeed a clever move!" Wu Jian looked at Jing Xiang in admiration: "This move by the military advisor will definitely make Li Ze extremely distressed."

Jing Xiang smiled proudly: "After experiencing this, these people must have hated Li Ze. After joining Xue Ping, they will of course become the vanguard of anti-Li Ze. If the struggle between Xue Ping and Han Qi and others against Li Ze is limited to a fight without breaking, they still maintain the united front against the outside world, maintain the most basic unity, and still take Li Ze as the leader, but they just want to limit Li Ze's power and ambitions. After joining, these people will inevitably aim to overthrow Li Ze."

"With the ability of these people, I'm afraid that nothing will happen?" Wu Jian shook his head and said.

"It doesn't matter whether they succeed or not." Jing Xiang said lightly: "What's important is that these shit-scratchers will make Wuwei have no peace. Everything they do will become the initiator of the confrontation between the two groups. Even if they make no sense, even if they do violate the law of Wuwei, Xue Ping and others will still try their best to protect them, because this is a matter of eliminating one another. Right or wrong will not matter at this time."

Wu Jian thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

"One thing or nothing, but ten things and hundreds of things are added up will inevitably make the conflict between the emperor and Li Ze's two major groups deeper and deeper, and eventually reach an irreconcilable level, which is naturally very beneficial to us."

"It's not easy for you to think through this!" Jing Xiang looked at him with approval and said, "So these guys who have failed and have enough trouble were specially selected by us to return them to the emperor."

"I know this." Wu Jian said: "The real people in the court who are capable and able to do things have been kept and entrusted with important tasks. Now, when they see Wu Wei's means of dealing with these people, they are afraid that they will completely eliminate their thoughts of being half-hearted, but are determined to serve the general."

Jing Xiang smiled without saying a word.

This is just another additional effect. However, Liang Han made this effect greatly enhanced.

Now in Chang'an City, many former court officials who were appointed by Zhu Wen may not be willing to serve Zhu Wen, but they have to bow their heads under the roof. In order to survive and for the safety of their families, they have to compromise. The political stance of these people is shaky.

But now, I'm afraid they have to reconsider it. Because Wuwei's methods of surrendering people are very cruel. People like Wensong who have not yet been under Zhu Wen's command have received such treatment. Those who have accepted Zhu Wen's official position may be the biggest possibility of being cut off in the future.

With such fear, how dare they not do their best for Zhu Wen?

"Military advisor, the other end of Chang'an is now preparing to choose a royal family to establish a new court. You shouldn't have come out at this critical moment." Wu Jian suddenly remembered something and said with some concern: "You also know that many people have been encouraging the general to become independent."

"How do you think the commander is independent?" Jing Xiang asked.

Wu Jian smiled: "In the long run, I naturally hope that in this way, I, Wu Jian, can also become a founding hero! But this is a matter in the future. Now there are strong enemies in the north and the south has not been pacified. If you are independent at this time, you will not be able to cause fire to burn yourself."

"This is the truth. How could a smart man like the Grand Marshal, how could he not understand this truth? Besides, the Dai Marshal is still in Chang'an. With him here, it will naturally make the little thoughts of a short-sighted person unable to succeed. As for choosing a royal family, what does it matter whether I am there or not? The left and right are just a puppet, so who should I choose?"

Speaking of this, Jing Xiang sighed: "Li Ze is really unfathomable. Could it be that he had budgeted today's events a few years ago, so he entered Beijing and slumped such a group of troops in the capital, and finally successfully took the emperor and prince out of Chang'an and brought it to Zhenzhou."

"The emperor went to Zhenzhou and was not a puppet!" Wu Jian disagreed.

"It's still different. After all, it's orthodox. For this world, from a legal perspective, the orthodox status is still unshakable. Li Ze can now use this puppet emperor to call on other northern towns to come and serve, and then integrate the entire northern forces and become the real king of the northern land." Jing Xiang said: "Although we can establish a new Li Tang royal family, in terms of legitimacy, we are still a little worse. I'm afraid that many people will not buy it, and they will do things with twice the effort."

"Didn't the general have already had a way to restrain himself?" Wu Jian said.

"I have sent someone to Tubo." Jingxiang said: "But this is a bit expensive."

"Those strangers, hehe, now give them some sweetness. After unifying the world, you have to spit out what you eat and get ours back. What are the military advisors who have to worry about?" Wu Jian said disdainfully.

Jing Xiang laughed: "I hope so, I hope so."

The carriage was pounding violently and would pause from time to time. The sound of escorting the guards opening the road came in front, and the noise also came in waves. Wu Jian unveiled the curtain and looked at the situation outside.

Every distance between the two, you can see groups of people using various tools, building roads on the road, or digging ditches in the fields on the roadside.

It can be seen that these people who are working are very enthusiastic and work very hard. Not only are there young and strong women, but also strong women, and even children and elderly people.

The middle-aged men and women do important work, while the children and the elderly engage in some lighter work, and laughter and joy come from time to time.

"Work-for-relief is not a new thing." Jing Xiang smiled and said, "Whether Weizhou or Luzhou have been fighting for wars this year, I am afraid there will be no harvest this year. If Li Ze wants to maintain the stability of these places, he naturally needs relief. Work-for-relief can maximize the potential of these people, so as not to eat and drink for nothing. We are also doing these things in Heluo and Guanzhong."

"Military advisor, you are so high in the temple that you may not be very clear about the following things." Wu Jian was staring at those who were working, all of whom looked rosy in their faces, and they did not have the phenomenon of suffering from hunger: "We are indeed doing these things. Speaking of which, because we took it quickly, the harvest was less affected, but it seems that the people here seem to be eating more than the people on our side."

Jing Xiang nodded, looked out the window, and then silently said for a while: "This is the reason why I must bring you with you. Li Ze's economic policy is indeed very insightful. I really don't know where he got the food? How to maintain the price of food at this level."

"Yes, when I was in Weizhou, I went to the market. Their grain prices, as well as our best years, were only slightly higher. This was during the war. The grain prices in Chang'an are still high now, and it will only be eased after the Mid-Autumn Festival harvest. How did Wuwei do this?"

"Let's get to know slowly, we have time." Jing Xiang closed his eyes and said slowly.

After walking for about half an hour, the carriage finally stopped. An escort officer rode his horse outside the carriage and bowed: "Jing Changshi, there is a temporary relief point in front of us, where there is ready-made food. We have used it here, so I can rest for a while before I set off on the road?"

"Very good, I'm here to help the general!" Jing Xiang said politely.

On the open space next to the road, there were more than a dozen huge military tents. In a moment, someone went to negotiate, and then one of them was vacated for Jingxiang, Wang Duo and others to rest.

This is a relief site. Most of the dozen military tents were filled with food and other supplies. What surprised Wu Jian was that in such an important place, he only saw dozens of armed soldiers guarding the guards, and the leader was just a lieutenant of the fruit.

At this time, the people gathered from all directions to prepare for dinner were vast and afraid there were not as many as thousands.
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