The rise of the prince

Chapter 654 Political means + I love to live long
At the beginning of August, Di Zhi's injury healed a lot and he was able to get out of bed, but he still had to walk with a cane.

Unknowingly, it was August again, and the mid-autumn festival was approaching again. News also came from the south. The emperor was overjoyed and crowned him Prince of Jin. Hearing the news, everyone was very excited. Excited to celebrate, Li Xingzhou was also happy.

Prince Jin, it means that the situation in Beijing and China is basically settled.

But the more so, the more anxious he was to go back, planning to return to Kaiyuan before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Naturally, it is impossible to go by land. The only way is to go back by water from the Bohai Sea.

Not only to accept the award, Li Xingzhou must prepare for the next political struggle, Jin Wang is just a ladder.

When it comes to political struggle, many people are disgusted at first, but many people don't understand that the common people not only have economic interests, but also political interests. For all human beings, this understanding is very late.

Political interests are a very important part, and political means are a kind of "smart game". Because of the existence of political means, a lot of waste of resources and bloody conflicts can be avoided.

The simplest ones are Liu Bang and Xiang Yu.

The people of later generations respected Xiang Yu as a hero and called Liu Bang a hooligan, but no one ever thought about how much blood and deaths were saved by Liu Bang's "rogue" in the world.

For example, after the two entered the customs, they said that Liu Bang would not kill the king of Qin, but return to the army, and he would not be rewarded for the three chapters of the agreement.

Seeing this, many later generations disdain to ridicule Liu Bang for showing off, which is simply a naked political means, just to buy people's hearts, hypocrisy.

Even if Liu Bang did all this to buy people's hearts, what about the countless people in Guanzhong?That is a great blessing!

Even if he faked it, he did it, and that was the point.

Why can't the people of Guan Zhong support him?This can be regarded as a transaction, it is the political interests of the people, your policy is good for us, we support you, it is not good for us, we abandon you, it should be like this, what does it matter to people?

Could it be that after Xiang Yu came in, he killed the King of Qin, looted Guanzhong, and set fire to the Xianyang Palace?But some people have thought about the people in Guanzhong.

Some people also say that Liu Bang broke his promise and started to kill heroes for the sake of power after he established himself in the country. He is an out-and-out villain.

That's like Xiang Yu, who doesn't engage in political means, doesn't use his brains, and kills me if he opposes it.More than a dozen or 20 people surrendered, they would not buy people's hearts, and they were worried, so they were buried alive!
After laying down the city, I don't know how to stabilize the place, win people over, and kill them!As recorded in the history books, "the city has no legacy"! (All men, women and children in the city were killed)

So is it a hero?The overlord of Western Chu has a real temperament, he is not hypocritical at all, he does whatever he wants, what a hero!Have you asked the many innocent people who were killed?

So some people always think that the lives of a few kings with different surnames are their lives, but the lives of countless innocent people are not their lives?
Xiang Yu is a hero, Liu Bang is a villain.

You must know that no matter which dynasty it is, the tension over power is an inevitable trend. The difference lies in:
If it is Liu Bang, because he is smart and he is a "rogue", he will use political means.For the sake of power, he will use political struggle to kill his enemies, he will punish the culprit, he will never ask questions, he will unite the majority, and attack a small number of people. In the end, the dead are always a small number of people.Regardless of his morality or immorality, what impression he left on future generations, the number of people he killed must be very limited.

But what about people like Xiang Yu who have no political mind and don't know about political struggle?

He absolutely kills innocent people indiscriminately for the sake of power, because he doesn't have that brain, and he doesn't know how to deal with it is the most efficient way to minimize the damage.

His method is very simple. If a city does not surrender, it will be over if it is defeated and slaughtered. If the enemy is afraid of a comeback, it will be over if the enemy is captured and killed. He does not know how to use political means to buy people's hearts and stabilize the world.

Some people don’t think of themselves as human beings, but they always think about things for the ruling class at the bottom. They take the lives of high-ranking officials and dignitaries as their fate, while the lives of ordinary people don’t matter.

Therefore, political means definitely has a positive side. It is a derivative of human wisdom. If there is no political means, human beings do not know how much darkness and bloodshed they will experience. Will human civilization survive endless conflicts and mindless killings? Down is unknown.

And a person who understands politics like Liu Bang won in the end, which is great luck for Chinese history.

Otherwise, in the era when the princes were fighting for hegemony and the kings were conquests together, if it was not handled well, it might be a dark and bloody world like the end of the Han Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty and the Wuhu chaos.

Now facing the prince, Li Xingzhou is most worried about this issue.

The prince is not a politically minded person. The key point is that Xiang Yu has no brains, at least he has courage and courage. The prince is not only brainless, he is also ambitious but not courageous. Maybe the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry and made something big.

So he wants to go back early, to prevent the princelings from dying, and to press them to death without mercy.

Of course, Li Xingzhou had already made a decision in his heart. If there is a chance, he will kill the prince as soon as he can.

At this time, the Kingdom of Jin is staring at it, and the Northwest Mongolia is quietly rising. Compared with the troubled times at the end of Qin Dynasty, it may be better, but it is a different kind of crisis.

The Kingdom of Jin wants to recuperate, and so does the Kingdom of Jing.

There will be a war in the north in the future. In the past few years, it depends on who can recuperate well and who can develop faster.

He didn't want to waste too much energy on political struggles, and more importantly, he wanted to make Jingguo stronger as soon as possible to deal with the crisis in a few years.

However, he didn't know what the situation in Mongolia was like now. Before leaving, Li Xingzhou was still planning to meet the hero of his life, the contemporary hero Wanyan Wugunai.

This person is worthy of the title of the Lord of the Kingdom. Among other things, thousands of people will rise up and destroy the most powerful Liao Kingdom in the north within a few years. Even he can only dare to think about it.

So at the beginning of August, Li Xingzhou started to go north, and ten large ships also went north by sea.

Li Xingzhou's plan was to go south by boat and return directly to Kaiyuan after meeting with Yelu Yali.

Of course, he is not a stunned young man, and he will not go to the meeting alone. Li Xingzhou brought Liu Ji and Wei Yubai by his side, as well as [-] new army musketeers.

Shanhaiguan is the site of the Jinren. If you see that there are few people in your own company, you may improvise and KO him on the spot. Silly, how could the golden man miss the opportunity.

So he took 3000 people northward, and there was a fleet at sea to support them.

The brigade marched for a few days, but the march was not very fast. When they reached Shanhaiguan, the Jin army seemed very sincere, and had already set up camp on the plain south of Shanhaiguan, waiting for his arrival.

A large stretch of banners spread across several miles of flat ground. Wei Yubai covered the direct sunlight with his hands, looked at the camp ahead from afar, and said to him from the back of his horse: "There may be more people and horses in the Eighth Battalion. out of sight."

Li Xingzhou nodded: "Damn it, it's a good thing labor and capital are not stupid."

"I said earlier that Jin people are uneasy and kind." Wei Yubai stared at the distance.

"Do you want to withdraw?" Liu Ji asked in a low voice. Liu Ji is a mighty general. He also took the lead in this Northern Expedition just like he did on the Suzhou battlefield. He personally led the charge and suffered some skin injuries.

Li Xingzhou shook his head: "It's all here, besides, we are not afraid." Having said that, Li Xingzhou ordered all the soldiers of the new army to be loaded.

A Shanhai Pass obviously cannot accommodate so many troops. Most of the soldiers and horses are newly recruited. It is just a meeting. There are more than eight battalions stationed in front of the Shanhai Pass, and most of them are cavalry. The Jinren can imagine And know.

If he had fewer people with him, the opponent would have rushed over by now. Li Xingzhou's hairs stood on end just thinking about it, and he wanted to play tricks.

Seeing their army formation, after a while, someone came here on horseback.

A group of 13 people came, all on horseback. The one in the front was Liu Xu, and the two behind them were holding golden flags, presumably the flags of the royal family of the Kingdom of Jin.

In the end, Liu Xu stopped his horse five or six meters in front of him, cupped his hands and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a long time. How is King Pingnan?"

"Thank you Master Liu for your concern, everything is fine." Li Xingzhou said.

Liu Xu smiled: "My lord is majestic, wise and brave. The battle of Nanjing City broke the Yelu boulder and shocked the world. The young hero is so courageous and admirable. Now I want to have a meeting with the lord. Heroes cherish heroes.

It's a pity that the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin is old and has recently been ill and has difficulty moving. He is not as agile as the prince. "

Li Xingzhou nodded, and didn't talk to him too much, but said directly: "Thank you, Mr. Liu praised you, where is your master, and where is Yelu Yali, the former Princess of Liao Kingdom?"

Liu Xu paused, then changed his words: "It's in the golden tent at the back." He pointed to the big tent two or three hundred steps behind him.

"My lord is a young hero, it's a pity that my emperor has limited mobility, but I have prepared drinks, can my lord enter the account together, let us show our friendship as a landlord, and it will not be too late to discuss slowly." Liu Xu invited.

Li Xingzhou laughed, shook his head and said: "Master Liu accepted it kindly, but what you said is wrong. Now Yanshan Mansion is the territory of our Jing Kingdom, and the land under the foot is also under the jurisdiction of Yanshan Mansion until..." He pointed to Liu Shanhaiguan in the distance behind Xu.

"It's south of Shanhaiguan, so the landlord is the king, and you don't have to use up the friendship of the landlord."

Liu Ji was stunned, speechless, quickly laughed again, and changed his words: "My lord is right, but you can't stand up and talk, this is only a hundred steps away, and your lord's army is by your side, so maybe you still have some timidity in your heart?" No. Heroes like the prince who punished the rebels and destroyed the Liao Kingdom are full of courage, so they will not dare to meet my lord."

He talked and laughed, with admiration in his expression.

Li Xingzhou also laughed, "Hahahahaha! Liu Xu, Liu Xu, long time no see, you are still so good at talking."

Liu Xu also laughed along with him, "Hahahaha. Your lord praises you." He said and made a gesture of invitation.

"I won't go." Li Xingzhou stopped laughing and replied, Liu Xu fell silent on the spot, and his gesture of please also froze on the spot.

"Go and tell your master, send Yelu Yali as soon as possible, and tell him that this king is just cowardly, and won't meet him again. If we don't see Yelu Yali within a moment, we will turn around and leave, and the deal will be voided." Li Xingzhou solemnly said, Speak clearly.

"My lord, my master is sincere!" Liu Xu said hastily.

Li Xingzhou smiled slightly, "Go quickly, be sincere or not, this king has his own discretion."

Liu Xu opened his mouth, and finally had no choice but to lead the people back on horseback.

After a while, a little girl dressed in fine clothes was sent out of the camp by two soldiers in the distance, walking towards this side, Liu Xu followed behind them, and after a hundred steps, she cupped her hands to signal that she was Yelu Yali, and said loudly: "My lord! This person is Yelu Yali, the former Princess of the Liao Kingdom, come and pick her up!"

Li Xingzhou took a look from a distance, estimated that Yelu Yali was about 100 steps away from the rear camp, and said to Liu Ji, "Liu Ji, go and pick her up."

Liu Ji nodded and rode his horse forward, the horse slowly walked towards the open space between the two armies, then Liu Ji walked up to the two soldiers, dismounted himself, picked Yelu Yali up on the horse, pulled the horse and slowly walk back.

The whole process lasted for a few minutes, and Li Xingzhou kept his eyes on the other party's big tent hundreds of steps away.

After a while, Liu Ji finally brought her back to the front of the new army formation. Li Xingzhou asked someone to take her down to show Yelu Dashi who was following the army formation to see if she was a real person. I was relieved.

If you really talk about seniority and blood relationship, Yelu Dashi is indeed the grandfather of Yelu Yali. After all, he is also the royal family of Yelu, but if you talk about his status, he is far behind. related.

Li Xingzhou didn't intend to stay longer when things were done, he was not a fool, and the Jinren had too many doubts today.

First, eight battalions of troops emerged from Shanhaiguan, why bring so many soldiers?
Second, as soon as Liu Xu met, he began to praise him and flatter him. Others might be overjoyed after hearing this, but Li Xingzhou is indeed sober. The enemy, flattering the enemy for no reason, boosting the ambition of others, and destroying one's own prestige?

Third, Liu Xu's speech seems to be scattered, but he keeps praising his courage, and then asks him to enter the account, which is very suspicious.

Fourth, they didn't give Yelu Yali a horse. Even if the Liao Kingdom is dead, Yelu Yali is also a former princess. If she rides a horse, she will die?Is Jin Guo in the northern grassland racecourse so short of horses, so stingy?

Li Xingzhou suspected that there was only one reason. Yelu Yali had difficulty walking. If he went to pick up people, he would definitely slow down even if he rode a horse.

More than 100 steps away from the big tent, it seems safe indeed, but if the golden man really finds a sharp archer who can penetrate Yang with a hundred steps, it is not impossible. In the tent, waiting for him to go to pick up someone may be just a shot.

Li Xingzhou is not stupid, he only has one life, this time he will go north mainly to pick up Yelu Yali and buy Yelu Dashi, as for Wanyan Wugunai, love to see or not.

He is not equal to Wanyan Wugunai, the other party is the monarch of a country, so moving him at this time is equivalent to a full-scale war with the Jin Kingdom, but what about his own weight?
Li Xingzhou will not lose his sense of importance just because he won a few battles. He is the Prince of Jingguo. If the Jin people attack and kill him, there is room for mediation. He didn't even have the guts to start a war with the Kingdom of Jin.

So the golden man dared to kill him, but he might not dare to move his face and bones.

Both sides are at the end of their battles, but if they really want to fight, how can Jing Jun, who has no new army, dare to fight Jin Jun, who has won three consecutive battles for three years?

So he forced him to be strong, I hope to live a long life, Li Xingzhou is not prepared to bb, if you don't see it, you will see it. As soon as he received Yelu Yali, he began to order to retreat.

At this moment, Liu Xu led someone to rush over here again: "My lord, please stay! The emperor wants to see you."

"No, there will be a time later." Li Xingzhou simply agreed.

Liu Xu sighed helplessly: "The emperor said he came to see you."

Li Xingzhou raised his hand, signaling to stop, and then said: "Okay, you tell the emperor of your country, how close he wants to go to see him when I marched twenty steps."

"You!" Liu Xu was obviously angry, but he had nothing to say, so he shook his hands and went back to pass on the message.

Everyone stopped, Li Xingzhou said: "You two come forward with me."

So he led Wei Yubai and Liu Ji forward twenty steps on the horse.

(End of this chapter)