In Yecheng, the imperial palace, Li Li was admiring the heads again, and his sons were watching them together.

The head is the head level, and there are several. They have just been delivered from Youzhou and are packed in wooden boxes. In order to "keep fresh", they are also filled with quicklime.

Li Li didn't recognize any of these heads, but after the identification of Lou Dingyuan, Sima Xiaonan and others, they still recognized them. They were all the heads of the generals of Qi army.

One of them was the head of Hu Luxian, the general of the Qi cavalry. In the decisive battle in Jicheng, he was defeated and broke through, but failed to break out and died.

Therefore, the Qi army's counterattack against Hebei was completely defeated by the annihilation of the Battle of Jicheng.

Li Shi and Li Yang also witnessed these bloody "military achievements", but they followed their father to fight and saw many people dead, so they didn't think there was anything.

During war, the soldiers beheaded and made achievements, so how could they not be able to stand their heads? If not, how would they lead troops in the future?

It is said that the soldiers who fought in the northern expedition to Youzhou were indeed brave and good at fighting. They used tricks to attract the main force of the Qi army to gather, and then the other side was forced to divide the troops, so their side defeated them with surprise troops.

The way that the surprise weapon appeared was "magical".

"The Qingzhou army crossed the sea and headed north. This is a tactic that has been practicing in the past few years, including the reconnaissance of the waters near Tieque Pass."

Li Li announced a secret, which could be regarded as an explanation to Sima Xiaonan and Lou Dingyuan, who came to "appraise" the head.

After all, there are no ready-made war examples of "large-scale sea crossing attacks" in this era.

However, the plan could not keep up with the changes. The march in attacking Jicheng revised the combat plan according to the enemy situation, and the Qingzhou army that crossed the sea played a greater role.

After hearing this, Sima Xiao sighed in his heart: It’s not that Hu Luxian was caught. After all, under normal circumstances, who would have thought that his opponent could actually transfer reinforcements from the sea?

If you encounter such an opponent, I'm afraid few people can win.

Lou Dingyuan was not concerned about the specific war. Anyway, he surrendered to the State of Chu and could no longer go back. The more powerful the Chu army was, the more it proved that his choice was right.

"According to the war report, Hu Luxian was killed by the marching commander Wu Mingche when he led his troops to break through the siege, north of Jicheng, near the former Changping site."

Li Li said slowly, watching Sima Xiaonan and Lou Dingyuan: "These heads are to be hung at the Yecheng Gate for public display. When the time is almost over, someone will come out to cry."

Sima Xiao was stunned when he heard this, and then understood what Li Li meant, and Lou Dingyuan also understood.

"Let a few people who were favored by the Hulu Envoy come out to cry and worship, and you can go with the flow..." Li Li said this, and stopped talking, looking at Lou Dingyuan.

Smart people know how to cooperate with acting.

"I understand, everything will be handled by the empress!" Lou Dingyuan agreed immediately.

He discovered that the Chu Emperor Li Li was a wonderful person. He not only kept his word, but also was very proficient in human relationships and worldly affairs, and knew what "harmony and dust" was.

It is very beneficial for people to do things, so he is a hawk for the other party.

"In the past few months, the situation in Yecheng has been stable. Sima Gong and Lou Gong have made great contributions. Lou Gong has made great contributions to pacifying people. I am very pleased."

"Your Majesty is so serious, this is the duty of the meritorious minister."

"Now the situation in Youzhou has been settled, and there is no chance that anyone in Hebei will cause trouble. So many things can be started, such as Sima Gong, who can be distracted and worked hard."

Li Li looked at Sima's illness and then looked at Lou Dingyuan: "Mr. Lou is as always, and he must help."

"Yes, I understand!" Sima Xiaonan and Lou Dingyuan answered. Lou Dingyuan saw that the Emperor intended to say something to Sima Xiaonan, so he said with one another.

The Jockey Club specializes in organizing horse racing. The Jockey Club in the south, but it makes a lot of money. Lou Dingyuan heard about it and knew that this was a money tree.

Now, Yecheng needs a "partition venue" and he can get a share of the pie. As long as he does not squander in the back house, he will not be short of money!

The more Lou Dingyuan thought about it, the happier he became. After leaving the palace, his walking pace became lighter and lighter.

Although he was a foreign relative of Qi and the nephew of Empress Wuming, surrendering to Chu was a big stain, but now he is doing well, so he doesn't care.

The Chu army occupied Yecheng and wanted to recruit surrender and rebel, and to appease civil and military officials. He did a lot of efforts.

The emperor was also very considerate and allowed him to accept "hard work fees" appropriately, including gold, silver and jewelry, or beauty.

Therefore, he comforted the emperor's hearts of the officials in Yecheng and reorganized many of the original Qi soldiers to serve the Chu army. It was hard work, but he also made a lot of money by the way.

He also took several beauties.

He dared not want this beauty and wanted to give it to the emperor. After all, no man doesn't like beauty.

However, after he mentioned it indirectly, the emperor seemed not interested, which made Lou Dingyuan a little surprised and didn't know what to do.

Later, Sima Yingnan quietly explained: either the emperor was afraid of his wife, after all, he had never taken concubines in more than ten years; or the emperor looked down on him and the beauty was not beautiful enough.

So, Lou Dingyuan could only reluctantly keep the beauty, and he has been very happy recently.

Whenever he thought of this, he was always proud of his decisive decision: if he had been loyal to Qi, he would die and would not change anything.

As for now, as an official in the new dynasty, there is a money tree. As long as you don’t do anything randomly and anger the emperor, you can still live a good life, right?

Thinking of Huluguang and Huluxian, he couldn't help but sigh.

Brother Hulu is indeed much better than him, but so what?

This person will not be punished for himself, and he will be punished by heaven and earth!

......

In the garden, in the pavilion beside the pool, Li Li and his son sat in the pavilion, holding a box of fried rice, waiting to feed the fish.

The water is clear, and the sunlight directly penetrates the pool water and sprinkles on the bottom of the pool, but there is no trace of fish.

Because the light is too bright, the fish hide in the cracks of the stones and cannot come out.

"The water is clear and there is no fish, and the person is too careful and there is no disciple." After Li Li finished speaking, he asked his son: "Why is the dictionary coming out?"

Li Shi and Li Yang quickly replied: "The Book of the Great Dai Li" was published."

Li Li asked again: "Did you know after reading this book?"

"I read the book "The Meaning and Source of Common Idioms and Allusions"." Li Shi replied, and Li Li was very satisfied:

"That's right. When we study, we don't need to do knowledge, but to improve our knowledge reserves. Therefore, we can do whatever we need to be more efficient."

"When the water is clear, there is no fish, and when the person is careful, there is no disciple. What does it mean? To put it simply, when we make friends, we cannot only be friends with people with morality and character without any shortcomings, otherwise we will not have friends."

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"No one in the world is perfect, so it is impossible for the people who want to govern the local area or even the country to use, as far as governing the ruling party is concerned, to demand absolute perfection."

"You must find it strange. Lou Dingyuan, a foreign relative of Qi, not only sells the country for honor, but also has bad character on weekdays, but also takes bribes. Why does his father use him?"

Li Yang asked: "Is this a thousand gold coins buying horse bones to attract surrender and betrayal?"

Li Li nodded: "Yes, this is to set an example in order to better attract surrender and accept rebellion."

"Let the civil and military officials of Qi know that the Emperor of Chu is talking about being in harmony with the light. As long as the matter can be done well, some stains will not be a problem."

"But in this way, will people think... the court... has no laws?" Li Yang asked, and he really couldn't understand this.

"That depends on what the first problem the court needs to solve." Seeing that there was no fish coming out, Li Li picked up the fried rice that was fed to eat.

"To destroy a country, we must first stabilize the hearts of the newly conquered areas. Then, the court must demonstrate its tolerance and reassure the officials of the devastated country. Once they are stable, the people under their rule will be stabilized."

"When the situation stabilizes, the court will master the prefectures, counties and counties by slowly replacing people, and then it will be able to truly restore order by clearing the administration of officials."

"Of course, this is also a chance for those with stains. There is a transformation process. If you don't repent and still do your own things, don't blame the king's Dharma is like a furnace."

Li Li wiped his hands with a tissue and taught his son: "You must distinguish between the primary and secondary things when doing things. In order to achieve the main purpose, you can moderately tolerate some bad things."

"If there are many mice in the house and our top priority is to kill rats, then we have to put a few cats to catch them, and tolerate fleas on the cats, and tolerate the cats being dirty and smelly."

"When the mice are wiped out and pet cats need to be with you, then these cats must be clean and there must be no fleas."

"And you must remember that if you want the people below to do things with your heart, you must be willing to give benefits. After all, most people in this world are ordinary people."

"Lou Dingyuan is a role model. Only by returning to the order in Hebei as soon as possible can the results of the Northern Expedition be transformed into national strength, rather than burdens."

Li Li said this and smiled: "You know, the Zhou Kingdom is already restless, and the war is not over."
Chapter completed!