After the snow, Jiankang is covered with white white, a corner of the city, a particularly white mansion, with traffic at the main entrance.

If it weren't for the white banners hanging inside and outside the mansion, the doorman and servants were wearing mourning clothes, and crying from time to time in the mansion, others thought that a banquet was being held here, so relatives and friends came one after another.

Chen Baxian, the governor of Yuzhou, died of illness while serving, and his coffin was transported to Jiankang not long ago.

His family set up a mourning hall in his mansion, and civil and military officials in Beijing came to pay their respects, and Li Li was one of them.

He had no friendship with Chen Baxian and his family, and the same was true for his subordinates. So today he went to the mansion to pay his respects, just follow the crowd, follow the situation, talk about the scenes, and do superficial skills.

But Li Li was in a different mood here.

He and other officials who came to pay their respects to greet Chen Baxian's family.

Chen Baxian's original wife has passed away. Later, Xu Xian has had several sons, but only one of them has survived to this day, that is, Chen Chang, who was born to him.

However, Chen Baxian had a nephew, and now there are several present, so there are quite a lot of people in the surviving family.

Li Li looked at the sad relatives, and looked at the haggard Chen Chang among them, and suddenly thought of himself.

He is the youngest in the family and his only son, but fortunately, he has many sons. After his death, there will be many children and grandchildren in the mourning hall...

Li Li turned his thoughts back and returned to the coffin in the mourning hall.

In the coffin, of course, was Chen Baxian's body. "A long time later", he recognized this person.

Chen Baxian was the founding emperor of Chen State in history. Although Li Li didn’t know how Chen Baxian founded the country, there was no doubt that the historical trajectory was changed by Li Li:

There will be no more Chen State in this era.

Now, when Chen Baxian passed away, his identity was Liang Guomu, who was in charge of the local area, rather than the "Last Emperor".

In the past decade, Chen Ba first attacked the rebels in Lingbiao, and then led his troops north to share the worries of the country, regained lost territories one after another, and resisted foreign aggression.

He died of illness in the local office and was called a strong official.

So Li Li felt a little emotional: Is it true that the times create heroes?

Because of his efforts, the impact of the Hou Jing Rebellion became smaller, which did not lead to the uninhabited thousands of miles of Jiangnan and did not allow the Liang Kingdom to reach the end.

As a result, the life trajectory of civil and military officials who quelled a series of wars changed.

Chen Baxian lost the momentum of "the Liang Kingdom is heading to the end, and someone will definitely replace it." From beginning to end, he was a loyal minister of Liang Kingdom.

Even so, Chen Baxian's life was still quite inspiring.

Before Li Li came, he carefully inquired about Chen Baxian's resume.

Chen Ba was first from Wuxing, and initially was a Lisi in his hometown, but later he went to the capital and worked as an oil depot official.

Later, he was appointed as the governor of Wuxing County and the new Yuhou Xiao Ying as a commander.

At that time, Chen Baxian should have been in his thirties and was still an inconspicuous minor official with no future.

But gold will shine, and Xiao Ying soon discovered that Chen Ba had talent and appointed him.

Xiao Ying was transferred to the position of governor of Guangzhou and took office at Lingbiao. Chen Baxian was accompanied and promoted to the county magistrate, and repeatedly quelled the rebellion.

Later, a rebellion broke out in Jiaozhou and affected the situation in Lingbiao. Chen Baxian solved the troubles of the anxious Xiao Ying and gained fame.

At this time, Chen Ba was in his early forties.

Li Li recalled his "state" at that time. When he learned about the news of the rebellion in Jiaozhou from his uncle Liu Decai, he was still a Yuliang official who struggled for his livelihood.

Xiao Ying died while on his post. Chen Baxian, who was deeply met by Xiao Yingen, escorted Xiao Ying's coffin back to Jiankang.

When he arrived at Dayu Ridge, he was appointed as Sima of Jiaozhou by the court. He then returned to Guangzhou to prepare and led his army to Jiaozhou to quell the rebellion.

Chen Baxian was praised by the emperor for his great contribution to quelling the rebellion in Jiaozhou, and was able to recruit many powerful soldiers and generals in the process of suppressing the rebellion.

When others were middle-aged, they were still minor officials, but they seized the opportunity and took more than ten years to transform into senior officials of Fangzhen.

It looks easy, but it is actually not easy.

Li Li himself, Qidian, also took more than ten years to seize opportunities to achieve his current achievements.

Also as a struggler who struggled from the bottom, Li Li certainly had a "resonance" feeling towards Chen Baxian.

Looking at the coffin placed in the mourning hall, Li Li remembered a sentence: The final conclusion is made.

Chen Baxian died, and the conclusion was made, and he could be called a loyal minister of Liang State.

Li Li thought of himself: So, who would be when I die?

Is it a loyal minister of Liang State? Or a traitor?

Or, even though he was a loyal minister, he was "first to do the best" by the emperor or powerful minister and was killed on a casual basis, and only after many years could he restore his reputation?

Li Li didn't know, nor did he want to know: people should work hard when they are alive, and they wouldn't be able to control so much after death.

He looked at the people of all kinds in the mourning hall and noticed some people with serious expressions.

These people are Chen Baxian's subordinates, subordinates, and several of them, who have seen before.

That was the generals of the Yuzhou army that Li Li saw in the official army camp after he rescued "Lao Wang" and "Lao Chen".

Among these generals, some were Chen Baxian, who were both friends and comrades-in-arms for many years.

Just like Liang Sen, the relationship between Wu Xiang and Li Li.

But more generals were "lingbiao people" from Lingbiao. They followed Chen Baxian to fight everywhere and fought for more than ten years, and were old subordinates.

These people are the "brothers" and "little brothers" of Chen Baxian. If the trajectory of history has not changed, they should be the founding fathers of Chen.

However, the historical trajectory has changed. When the "leader's eldest brother" died, he was a minister of the Liang State, not a "late emperor".

Then, these "old friends" who followed Chen Baxian to fight, as officials of the Liang State, inevitably need to find a new backer, rather than regard Chen Baxian's son Chen Chang as the "new king".

Moreover, these generals are not something Chen Chang can protect.

Because many people come from Lingbiao, they are deeply discriminated against after entering the "Central Plains".

This discrimination comes from the deeply rooted discrimination against warriors by the aristocrats, as well as the regional discrimination against foreigners by the Sanwu.

Even their subordinates were discriminated against by others in terms of appearance: many soldiers on the Ridge are short and have some "characteristic" appearance, so they are ridiculed as "monkeys".

In addition, if there is no backer, these generals will also face discrimination in the officialdom.

When Chen Baxian, the "leader" of the "leader", could "cover" his subordinates, but Chen Chang obviously couldn't do it.

Chen Chang's own official position is not very good, and it is impossible for his father to succeed him as the governor of Yuzhou.

Now that Chen Ba has passed away, his old subordinates have no connections in the court, and their career prospects are dim. They need to find a new "leader" or find a backer.

In Li Li's opinion, these few are like senior executives who were eager to find a new owner after a large company went bankrupt in the future. They were both confused about the future and looked solemn.

But it doesn't matter. These generals who are good at fighting will definitely win over them.

To be honest, Li Li also wanted to win over, but he couldn't afford to pay.

"Price" is not money, but future.

Because Li Li has no personnel appointment power and no connections in the center, he cannot help these "company bankrupt executives" arrange a decent new position.

The King of Xiangdong, who was in charge of the affairs of the Shangshu and was in charge of the government, would definitely not miss this excellent opportunity to attract talents and win people's hearts.

As long as the generals were recruited, the veterans who were in war with the generals would of course serve.

The King of Xiangdong, who had absorbed the "Lingbiao Legion", had already served Wang Sengbian's "Jingxiang Legion", and his military strength increased greatly.

Compared with the little emperor's uncles, they are really weak.

A strong army is like a sharp weapon. As the saying goes, "With a sharp weapon, the murderous intention arises." The King of Xiangdong, who is in his early fifties, is at the age of knowing the destiny of heaven. He may not be sure to "take the order from heaven" one day, and his life trajectory suddenly takes a "sharp turn".

After the condolences, Li Li returned home, sat in the ox cart, thinking about what to do next.

Being a family with Wang Lin, the same as the King of Xiangdong, was standing in the palace to watch the orphans and widows die on their own.

The King of Xiangdong had allegiance to the "three major legions" and was going to "make a living for the people."

In the future, he will be abdicated and become emperor, but he is not young anymore. Perhaps he will be in a few years.

When the crown prince ascended the throne, of course he had to appoint his own people to control the situation. Then Wang Lin, his uncle, must be valued and must be extremely glorious.

The family is glorious. Li Ping'an, the eldest son of the Wang family, naturally followed the glory...

With such a good family, Li Li is of course guaranteed by his own family, because Wang Lin doesn't say anything, but is loyal, and will always say good things for him in Xinjun to avoid all kinds of misunderstandings and suspicions.

He can be an official with peace of mind, guard the local area, or become an official in Beijing.

The sons have no worries about their career path.

‘The life goes on so peacefully. Decades later, I died and lay quietly in the coffin. There were hundreds of children and grandchildren crying outside, filling the mourning hall...’

Li Li scratched his head.

People who have this kind of thinking may not survive an episode in the official drama.
Chapter completed!