Fang Shaoqun's eyes shone brightly and his fists were clenched. When everyone was excited, he was planning more.

Qin Dongyang, Liu Yi and Wei Yi who came from Penghu stood together, and Xu Xingwei who came back from the north. In addition, Ge Da Ge Er, Jin Baoyi, Wu Weisan, Li Fuxiang, Lin Cunxin, Gao Shilai, Jin Jian, Zhang Huchen, Dong Ruixiang, Li Pu and other senior military officers were all shouting with Qin Dongyang.

Everyone was extremely excited, and the sound of long live was deafening. In addition to civil and military officials and soldiers, more than 10,000 immigrants who rushed over after hearing the news around them were also hugging each other, and they were so happy that they didn't know what to do.

...

"The King of Zhongshan worships the golden book, has the golden treasure?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

This time, Li Gu actually got on the Dongfan Island. After the last pirate attack came to Fuzhou, Li Gu volunteered to go to the beach to observe. Later, he found that it was really a large number of pirates attacking Xiangdongfan. After the return, the entire Zhao royal palace was very happy. Xu Zixian had become the first obstacle to the major events planned by King Zhao. Eliminating this son, the Zhao royal palace would be invincible on the road to Fujian, and it also cleared the last obstacle to the crown prince's plan. The entire Wei world was in control by King Zhao.

Unexpectedly, things turned sharply. Xu Zixian recovered from serious illness and led his troops to fight. According to the details revealed afterwards, the stair formation was facing the frontal confrontation with the pirates. Xu Zixian led hundreds of elite cavalry to enter from the flanks, and the pirates were defeated. The damage after that was unilaterally slaughtered.

Out of incomprehension of infantry formation wars, excessive exaggeration of Xu Zixian's martial arts, and blind admiration and fear of cavalry by the Wei people, at least in Fuzhou, when people mentioned the Battle of the East Fan, they believed that hundreds of cavalry led by Xu Zixian, the Marquis of Nan'an played a role in surprise attacks and defeating the enemy.

For King Zhao, Xu Zixian's bravery had exceeded his imagination, and King Zhao even added the guards around him. He had gone from disdain to fearing this cousin, but now he is already completely afraid.

Li Gu was futile last time, but fortunately, he performed very well when he was calculating in the secret room, so he still maintained his position as chief staff member in the Zhao royal palace.

This time, Li Han, a purple-robed scholar, went to the Dongfan to award rewards. Many officials from Fuzhou sent their staff and close friends to the Dongfan Hou Mansion to watch the award rewards on site. Li Gu pretended to be a businessman and also stole the island.

"They didn't find out your identity, Mr. Li, did they?"

When King Zhao mentioned this, Li Gu felt a little guilty.

The island's guards were extremely tight, wearing black robes and fully armed guards, similar to the yamen in Fuzhou or the robber camp, which was responsible for the security and defense of the island. When they were inspecting, some men wearing blue officials' uniforms were patrolling everywhere. These people's eyes were as bright as hawks and their faces were grim. Li Gu later learned that this was a member of Jing'ansi, who specialized in checking internal illegality to prevent foreign spies from plaguing the island.

Li Gu also knew that there was a Military Information Department on the island. The official explanation was to collect information about spying on pirates. In fact, after Li Gu studied it, he felt that the Military Information Department was mainly targeting the internal Wei Dynasty.

Marquis of Nan'an, no, the King of Zhongshan is really ambition!

When Li Gu passed the customs, there seemed to be a person from Jing'an Division who smiled at him meaningfully. Li Gu was so scared that he was thumping... Fortunately, the man waved his hand and the black-robed guard in the hawks-like black robe released Li Gu into the customs. Like most Fuzhou visitors, he entered the Dongfan Island.

After that, everything went smoothly. Li Gu hired a carriage of two people at the carriage at Nan'an Port, and saw a lot along the way from the horses sitting on the horses to Huaxi. The more you see, the more you see, the more shocking you are.

In addition to Li Han's face not very good-looking, Wu Shizhong also avoided the ceremony and even missed the ceremony. He still lay high in the university until nearly noon, and then held a lecture. When the king of Zhongshan heard about this, he smiled and showed his extremely high elegance.

Li Gu believed that this matter would be a good story, and gentry everywhere had a good impression of the King of Zhongshan... This is not surprising. The official and gentry class is considered a vested interest class, and there is no class that they hope for local stability more than they do.

A powerful royal family like Xu Zixian appeared in the local area, which was not a good thing for some officials who were fighting for power, and would squeeze the rest of the royal family... There are so many resources in the local area. If there is a powerful royal family, the court will definitely support one of them. Even if the current situation is in a hurry, no matter how afraid or guarded, the emperor has to succumb to Han Zhong and gave Xu Zixian a high enough title and official position. The more he went, the more siphon it would form. The local resources, power, and reputation would be tilted towards Xu Zixian in large quantities.

The more Xu Zi got, the less King Zhao got. This is also the fundamental reason why King Zhao suppressed the two generations of Nan'an Hou before.

In fact, even the rest of the royal family, King Zhao has been suppressing it, but it is not as powerful as the royal family with similar bloodlines like Nan'an Marquis Mansion.

Li Gu was unstable, but he still tried his best to calm down and replied in a deep voice: "There was no abnormality, and he didn't even talk to the local officials. After reading the ceremony, he returned to Nan'an Port with a group of merchants and friends, and then left after inquiring about the prices of some goods."

King Zhao sighed and said nothing for a moment.

Under the light, King Zhao also grew older at this moment.

"After Li Han was granted the title, he was appointed as the King of Zhongshan Xu Zixian. The King of Zhongshan held a banquet for entertainment. After that, Li Han hurried back to Beijing." Li Gu said the development of the matter very responsibly, and then said: "The news later was that Xu Zixian continued to lead the military and civilians to harvest cotton and beans on the island, dig soil and plough deeply, and prepare to continue to plant rice and soybeans, and continue to expand the planting of cotton in the next year."

Li Gu smiled and said, "It seems that the King of Zhongshan has not made any major moves in the near future."

Although Li Gu looked relaxed, he also mocked Xu Zixian for attaching too much importance to the East Fan, asking for the fields and asking for the house, which was a bit like a farmer, and King Zhao also said that he was a little bit like a farmer.

Unmoved, he glanced at Li Gu and said dryly: "Mr. Li is still thinking about appeaseing me? There is no need for this. If Xu Zixian is a person who does not know how to advance or retreat, he will not be able to reach the point today. What we found out seems to be something he deliberately exposed to us. We have no way to know what arrangements are there in secret and what secret tricks are there."

Li Gusurong said: "What the king said is... It is indeed time for the dagger to emerge! So, in the opinion of your highness, what should we do?"

Li Gu once offered advice and waited for the Northern Expedition. It was obviously inappropriate to use the emperor's prestige. This time, Xu Zi was first appointed as king, which was beyond the expectations of King Zhao, Li Gu and others. It was obvious that the emperor was not enough to suppress the two prefectures. Han Zhong, Xu Xiashang, Zhang Guangen and others clearly reached a tacit understanding. The old prime minister might agree on the extra expedition. Han Zhong reciprocates and clearly wants to hand over Fujian Road and even the southeast to Xu Zi to guard it first.

For civil servants, it doesn't matter who takes off in the royal family. If the royal family takes off, civil servants will suppress their rising momentum. This is due to the natural opposition between civil servants and the royal family.

However, once local officials are less than the royal family and the royal family can make the local area stable and stable, then civil officials will turn to support powerful royal family. After all, the interests of officials and gentry are consistent, and their claim is that local stability is the first priority.

It is completely impossible to use the power of the emperor and the court... Han Zhong could not agree to the decision to transfer Xu Zixian. Even if the emperor bypassed the two prefectures and issued a central order, the Zhongshu Tanzan who was aware of edicts could directly return the imperial edict. The emperor could not even leave the capital, let alone arrive at Fujian Road.

"Your Highness?"

King Zhao fell into deep thought for a long time. After hearing Li Gu's low voice, he seemed to wake up from a nightmare, opened his eyes wide and looked at the trusted adviser in front of him with a little horror.

"Your Highness, don't hesitate!" Looking at King Zhao's cowardly appearance, Li Guxin sank down, and then said in a burning boat: "If you stop, you will suffer from chaos. Now the King of Zhongshan is still busy with the affairs of the East Vanguard, and he is not in the process of expanding to Fuzhou and Fujian Roads. If he sorted out his internal affairs, his reputation, military preparations, and navy are all above us. Most of the civil servants and gentry stood on the side of the King of Zhongshan. He took office as the deputy governor of the Grand Governor's Office, although he was only the deputy of His Highness, he was also the General of the Left Guard, and his military position was equal to His Highness. After he took office, he used the excuse to sort out local military affairs and pirates.

Come, the Xiang army is in the name of weak performance, and has sacked and removed, and replaced the new people. The two governments are definitely on the side of the King of Zhongshan! It seems calm now, but the King of Zhongshan has always been a plan and acted later. Once it is launched, it will be like a thunder storm and out of control. By then, your highness wants to maintain the current situation. If it is done well, you can stay in Fuzhou as a free king. If it is not done well, you will be impeached by a large number of officials and gentry, and will be deposed for office. You will be transferred to Jiangling for retirement... You are not exaggerating. Please observe clearly!"

After Li Gu finished speaking, he stood up from the chair, lay down, touched his head to the ground, and made his forehead thump on the smooth ground.

"Sir, don't do this." King Zhao helped Li Gu up hard, but his face was still full of hesitation and did not make up his mind. He said to Li Gu: "Sir, it's a big deal. Let me think about it for a few days and make a decision. How about it?"

Li Gu smiled reluctantly and said, "I have found a candidate, which is quite suitable. If Your Highness makes up his mind and make a decision early, don't hesitate to the point of being indulged in a good opportunity."

King Zhao's eyes were already a little unhappy. This strategist was really aggressive tonight.

"I understand, sir, please step down."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Li Gu clasped his fists and bowed, and suddenly said, "I am really anxious tonight. Please forgive me."

King Zhao smiled openly and said kindly: "Sir, I must have gone to the Dongfan. Seeing the situation there, it is true that it is a bit anxious. But the general trend is still with me, so don't be anxious."

Li Gu knew what King Zhao meant. The emperor was focusing on the Northern Expedition. As long as the Northern Expedition was won, even if it was unbeaten, the emperor would have much more effective in sorting out the entire northern imperial guard system and government affairs than before. At that time, even if he could not use the method of removing firewood from the bottom of the pot as Li Gu suggested, suppressing and suppressing could still be done.

King Zhao also felt that he was not good at military and political methods, especially when commanding war situations in the battle formation, so he was a little helpless. Looking at his own sons, Xu Ziwei and Xu Ziwen were not familiar with the battle formation at all. In recent years, there have been many pirates. After defeating Yan Qi and Liu Dan, it is difficult to say whether Kang Tianqi, Pu Xingfeng and others will come to take revenge.

Keeping Xu Zixian and lying in the Dongfan period, taking it out to withstand the pirates at critical moments seems to be a good choice.

Because of his preconceived ideas, King Zhao had such an idea, and naturally lacked interest in the extreme planning of making profits from chaos and was unwilling to take risks at this time.

...

Dwarf Luo sat cross-legged in the dark and deep dungeon.

The smell of smell is smelly all around, which makes people feel painful in their foreheads. The clean buckets for defecation and urine are placed around everyone. How can there be no reason not to smell?

Several ordinary people who were arrested for committing crimes were always in fear and discomfort. When it was dark, two people had high fevers and started talking nonsense. Because their families did not send money, there was no prison guard to take care of them, and it was even more impossible for a doctor to treat them. The fever was shaking in the dark and wet dungeon, and it was simply worse than death.

"Brothers." Luo Xiaozi was a passerby in Qin Feng, speaking Qin's tune. If he spoke in local dialect, no one in the prison guard in the black prison could understand. Fortunately, he had been traveling around and saying good official language. If it weren't for the people who were both Qin Feng Lu, he wouldn't be able to hear his hometown accent.

Luo Xiaozi said in a mandarin saying: "I am also a person who is in the world. It is a fate to be imprisoned in the same place. Please ask a few elder brothers to invite a doctor to see who has a fever and then endure it.

I gave them some medicines to drink, and all the fees, including the money for the alcoholic brother running errands, were paid by the Spreader family."

"I can't see you, a short guy, but you are generous."

A yamen operator wanted to make this money, but this short man Luo had been arrested for several days. He was a bright and interesting person and spoke. He was an old man who traveled around the world. He was completely unwell to this black prison that ordinary people could not bear. He was like a wanderer traveling home. He was not embarrassed by such people. He was not only funny and humorous, but also could talk to the prisoners about the past and the present, but also paid for wine and meat every day. The prisoners liked such prisoners very much.

Luo Xiaozi was arrested five days ago. He was ordered to stay and observe the war between Fuzhou and Dongfan. He did not know much about pirates at the beginning. After staying in Fuzhou for many days, he gradually learned about the harm of pirates to the southeast coast, and at the same time he also learned about the strength of pirates.

The total number of the five pirates is more than 300,000, and there are thousands of warships. Their power is scattered in dozens of countries. If these pirates work together, they are enough to overthrow and destroy a small country. Even if the Great Wei faces such a powerful enemy, they can only defend the coast and are no longer their opponents at sea.

Over the past thirty years, the pirates have become increasingly powerful and their activities have become more and more rampant and brutal. Wang Zhi is a watershed. After that, Kang Tianqi gradually shrinks. In addition, the King of Zhongshan Xu Zi defeated the two thieves of Luzon this time. Everyone was excited and crazy for a while. Luo Xiaozi knew nothing about pirates until he participated in the carnival that had no reservation in Fuzhou City. The harm of pirates was no less than that of the Donghu and the Beilu in the north.

However, for these ambitious people, it is not good news for Xu Zi to defeat the pirates first. Luo Dwarf Luo is agile and feels that the defeat of the pirates may trigger a larger number of pirates. Their group is thinking about taking action in the southeast. Wouldn't the pirates be of great help?

When a person is moved, his ability to think about things is weakened. Among the people who are celebrating, Luo Dwarf uses money to inquire about the news and wants to contact the pirates who stayed on Fujian Road... With Luo Dwarf's experience in the martial arts world, it is impossible for a large number of pirates with tens of thousands of people not to let some people ask for information or let the news on Fujian Road.

His judgment was correct, but unfortunately he was not very cautious in his actions. After a few days of arrangement, the people from the Timing Envoy Department found out that an outsider was constantly inquiring about the pirates. Out of careful behavior, the Timing Envoy Department immediately arrested the Northwest man and began to interrogate him on the spot.

Fortunately, Luo Xiaozi was not careful, but he had a lot of experience in the world. After being arrested, he said he was curious and did not say anything. He was not very suspicious. The Criminal Department was not good at using severe punishment on him. He beat the small board and whipped the whip. For Luo Xiaozi, it was a small battle and could not scare him at all.

The Criminal Department had no choice but to move him to the prefect's office, which was regarded as an ordinary case and no longer considered a resentful criminal who colluded with pirates.

At this point, Luo Xiaozi first planned to deal with the prison guards, and then found a way to ask the prison guards to open up the joints of the Kongmu guards in the mansion, and finally reported an insignificant crime. He would probably be able to go out in a few days.

"Brother of the service, buy more wine, vegetables and meat." Luo Xiaozi smiled and shouted: "It's a fate to be locked up together. Those who are in the same prison as me will also have a share."

"Damn it, you're a lot of things."

The officer cursed, but still praised Luo Dwarf for being righteous. Those who were detained with Luo Dwarf were either farmers who were owed taxes or the people in the city. They were imprisoned for seven or eight of them, all of which were ordinary characters. Luo Dwarf looked down on them, but he was really angry. He drank and ate food by himself, and the taste was not right, so he asked others to eat and drink together, and then he felt it.

As a result, the people in the prison next to him were naturally envious, and many people flattered and praised Luo Dwarf.

Bastard Luo smiled indifferently. When he was a bandit, he killed his wife and children and burned his house. He drank in the same place last night, but he did a lot of things to do when he was beheaded the next day. He had to open his eyes when he was asleep and stayed in prison here. He really felt like he was going home and he was more at ease when he was sleeping.

...

After Li Gu came out of King Zhao's secret room, he said that the child at home had a fever and asked for a leave.

After King Zhao found out, he sent someone to send dozens of coins of money to give him a little condolence.

There is no reason why a confidant guest like Li Gu cannot leave the mansion without authorization. Fortunately, King Zhao and many people in the mansion knew that the youngest son of the Li Gu family was ill for a while, so no one doubted it.

Li Gu led a horse from the stables of the royal palace, but after leaving the royal palace, he did not go home. He was also worried about his youngest son's condition and had a fever over and over again. But what is now more important is that his son can be reborn, his fame and wealth are gone, but he never has a chance.

It was already three times before the third update of the palace. There were very few pedestrians on the street. Li Gu rode his horse and rushed to Yijinfang. Even though it had been a long time since night, when he arrived at Yijinfang, there were still bright lights everywhere and there were many pedestrians, especially the deep courtyards on both sides, which were even more lively.

A while ago, when the pirates violated the ban, Fuzhou closed the city gates and the curfew was imposed in the city, the banquets in Yijinfang did not stop. However, the wind was tense at that time, and people had no intention. In addition, they had to cover up their eyes and ears to prevent the people from getting angry when they saw it. Therefore, the music was stopped in the mansions of all gentry and noble people, and they did not call the prostitutes to come to the mansion to make fun of them. Now it is completely different. The pirates retreated and the sea was clear. The pressure released by people made them want to double their happiness. Almost all the mansions were very lively, and the opera troupes, as well as those who sang small operas and storytellers were in short supply. The same was true for all prefectures and counties outside Fuzhou. The suppressed emotions were released, so the city became more lively.
Chapter completed!