Chapter 262 The court owl is also a top lobbyist
"Ming Gong killed Huang Chao, defeated Zong Quan, and killed Sun Ru. He had great achievements in the country, and defeated Zhu Xuan, eliminated Shi Pu, and was prestigious in all the worlds. Now he has occupied Qilu, Jianghuai, and northern Henan... All the lands are fertile and thousands of miles away. Fortunately, Ming Gong was able to observe the truth and adopt wisdom, brave and powerful talents, and make full use of them.
Such a person who can attract generals to fight like rain, and those who are resourceful are all over the world, making the people rich and the country strong. The Ming Gong is now looking at the dragon and tiger, and is powerful. No matter how famous or famous it is, how can it be based on the power of a territory? And those who are the Ming Gong's plotters are the only one who advances to hegemony..."
It was confirmed that Li Tianqu not only would promote and appoint him, but also intended to consider what real talent and knowledge he had. Li Zhen was naturally overjoyed and even talked about it.
Seeing that Li Zhen was very stunning, he was indeed outstanding in eloquence, but he would not forget the few high hats that Li Zhen directly brought over. So he immediately raised his hand and said:
"Well, although I have received such praise from Mr. I have received the emperor's favor. Now I have the same title as the prince. I have several vassal states and have power in the same place. But Mr. said that my ability should not be content with me, only this place of military power... Could it be that I am a lonely person like Dong Chang of Yuezhou?"
Li Zhen was shocked at first when he heard this. However, seeing that Li Tianqu had no intention of blame, he understood it in his heart, and then said calmly: "Dong Chang is arrogant and stupid and short-sighted, how can he be worthy of comparing with Ming Gong? That stupid man is not upright in his name and has a bad reputation, but he dares to call himself emperor in several states?
How dare Xiaoke encourage Ming Gong to rebel against the court? But... the emperor of Fang is not blessed by a king or a wise king, which leads to the increasing turmoil of the world. What I said below is that Ming Gong should pursue hegemony because the court is stupid. Although Ming Gong can maintain peace, he is the only one who can do it. He is responsible for the hegemony of the world... "
After all, he was just the first to join Li Tianqu's command. Of course, Li Zhen could not immediately instigate his lord, and let me give me some advice. Sooner or later, we will cut off the Tang Dynasty's destiny and kill the emperor... But Li Tianqu knew what this guy was implying and implying. According to Li Zhen's historical deeds, Li Tianqu would have about sixteen words to evaluate:
A great rebellion will be revenge, sinister and vicious, and greedy for life and fear of death.
Li Zhen failed the exam many times, and he became gritted with the bureaucrats. If he became powerful, he would trample all the officials and ministers of the Tang court and be slandered and killed them at will. He would call him "the owl" with hatred and fear. When the ministers killed the Tang court officials, he would also say with a successful saying, "This generation calls himself a clear stream, and should throw himself into the Yellow River, and always be a turbid stream."... He is narrow-minded and no longer just considers the hegemony, but also needs to be insulted and killed... He does not ask about the revenge of loyal, treacherous, good and lowly, but only for his pathological pleasure.
However, Li Zhen, a hard-core radical who destroyed the Tang Dynasty, was servilely lying in front of Li Cunxu, the Emperor Zhuang of Later Liang, begging for mercy. However, because he was too presiding over the killing of the monarchs of the Tang court, Li Cunxu, who still held the righteousness of the Tang Dynasty, could certainly not spare him. As Zhu Wen's right-hand man, compared with Jingxiang, who committed suicide when he was destroyed, Li Zhen was successful when he was powerful, but after losing power, he looked greedy and fearless. In this comparison, his reputation was undoubtedly much more despicable.
But although Li Zhen is a villain, he is also a villain with excellent abilities...
Li Tianqu thought secretly, and saw Li Zhen start to analyze the situation in the world again. When he talked a lot, his eyes still stole from time to time to observe his words and expressions... When Li Zhen stopped for a while, Li Tianqu then said:
"If the heavens do not take it, they will suffer the consequences; if the time does not work, they will suffer the consequences... Of course, I understand this principle, but some things must be prepared for the future, but some things must also be done with the flow. Sir, just know that I am indeed unwilling to only control these vassal areas, compete for the Central Plains, and achieve hegemony until people turn toward each other, and I will naturally fight for it.
But this path needs to be taken step by step, and in the future, how can we continue to move forward according to the current situation... At that time, we will naturally rely on our gentleman and everyone to work together. We will promise to follow the future of the heroes who conquer the world, and we will not be just a staff member who belongs to the vassal states."
Needless to say, Li Tianqu now has the title of a prince and is in charge of several vassal states. If he is still not satisfied and wants to expand his territory... If he can really accomplish anything, then what step will he take? Li Zhen is extremely smart and can only be clear at one point. He has a meaningful smile on his face and respectfully expresses his loyalty to the lord whom he surrenders.
Although Li Zhen is narrow-minded and sinister, Li Tianqu is also very clear and ruthless in his plan. More importantly, this guy is also the best lobbyist in the Five Dynasties.
He is very good at understanding people's hearts and seeing through the other party's weaknesses. As long as Li Zhen feels that the time is ripe, as an envoy sent by Zhu Wen, he has repeatedly negotiated with other forces, and used his outstanding eloquence to encourage the other party to accept it, and he is almost invincible. He even used his mouth to lure all the officials of the Tang court and even Wang Shifan of the Ziqing Army to give up resistance. Until Zhu Wen waved his butcher knife and fell to their necks, he realized that he was plotted by Li Zhen to die in a bad life...
This guy Li Zhen will be of great use... and Li Tianqu said in his heart that I didn't expect him to be a loyal minister who died for his death, so he treated Zhang Quanyi as if he was so incompetent that I was destroyed by other forces... I would have to find another way out. Li Zhen is a smart person, and he can also think clearly about who he can gain more for.
But you must also pay attention to limiting his power. At least the distance between his territory and the capital Chang'an is far away, and it is still separated by powerful vassals such as Zhu Wen and Li Keyong. Therefore, Li Zhen did not strongly advocate joining the battle to control the Emperor Tang Dynasty... It is really a day before this guy will also strongly advocate killing all the nobles and powerful ministers of the court, and even Emperor Li Ye. Li Tianqu thought that there must be something he must know in advance:
The Tang Dynasty will eventually perish sooner or later, and the Emperor of Tang would not be able to escape death if he had died... but he would never die at my hands.
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Li Zhen was temporarily appointed as the chief of the Taining Army by Li Tianqu, which is equivalent to the level of the secretary-general in front of the vassal states. According to the war reports from Jiangnan, Gu Quanwu, a general under Qian Li, led his army to break through the outer city of Yuezhou's capital. Dong Chang, who had to retreat to the inner city, had to accept the persuasion to surrender and left the city to capture Qian Li's troops. However, he jumped into the river and committed suicide on the way to Hangzhou. More than 100 traitors from the Luoping Kingdom of Dayue, who were usurped by him, and more than 300 Dong Chang's entire family were all killed. This local rebellion, which was more like a farce, was quickly quelled.
Qian Liu was awarded the title of the governor of the two towns for his great contribution to retaliation and rebellion. It was naturally a foregone conclusion that he had to be promoted. However, before the imperial edict was sent, Qian Liu turned around and focused on the confrontation with Yang Xingmi. The two sides were tense, and the war in Jiangdong could not be eliminated... Although compared with Sun Ru's rebellion and Dong Chang's rebellion, the situation was relatively stable, but the local people were worried and it was difficult to live and work in peace;
As for Ma Yin, he was elected by the remnants of Sun Ru's army, led more than 7,000 troops into the territory of Jiangxi, headed south to Hongzhou, and then turned to Yuzhang, and soon he would enter the land of Hunan and Chu. However, where the bandits passed, Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi were also panicked;
During the same period, the capital of Chang'an, after Wang Chongying died of illness in Hezhong Jiedu, his two sons Wang Ke and Wang Gong fought for the position of Jiedu. Li Maozhen, Wang Xingyu, Han Jian and other warlords once again rushed to Chang'an to raise troops to investigate, and forced Li Ye to kill Li Xi, Wei Zhaodu and other important officials in the court... Li Maozhen also left his adopted son Li Jipeng to control the emperor in Chang'an. However, this time, the Hedong army led by Li Keyong himself was killed shortly afterwards...
Chapter completed!