Horse on the World

Chapter 113
Tianqi sighed a little desolately, the magnificent Chu, spanning thousands of miles, with millions of soldiers and countless officials, the emperor who was supposed to be supreme and promised everything, saw the country's power gradually declining, and his power was falling, but he had more than enough energy. In the whole world, is it the land of the king, the shore of the land, the ministers of the king, those ministers and nobles, all of them are talking like a lotus flower, and the hype is falling, but in fact, they are all yin and yang, using public tools to do private affairs.Losing the country and enriching oneself has reached the point of unscrupulousness. Looking at the world, I really don't know how many people are worthy of my trust.

Li Qing in front of me, is it worth my effort to spend on him?Silently looking at Li Qing who was standing respectfully below, clear and dust-free, just looking at him across the big case, without the slightest fear or anxiety in his eyes, he looked like a young man who had just grown up, and fell in love with those court officials. The old fox was the same, and couldn't help being upset for a while.

"Sitting in Dingzhou, how many years will it take to defeat the barbarians?"

"Three years!" Li Qing blurted out without hesitation.

"Three years?" Tian Qi was startled for a moment, burst into a burst of laughter, and said sarcastically: "Back then, Xiao Yuanshan only dared to say five years, and in the end he gave me a big defeat. How dare you still be arrogant?"

Li Qing stared at Tian Qi calmly, waited for him to finish speaking, and then said: "I am not Xiao Yuanshan."

Tian Qi's laughter came suddenly, only then did he remember that Xiao Yuanshan was defeated by this person without a sound.

"What I want is not just to defeat the barbarians, but to pacify the grasslands. I want to bring the grasslands into the territory of Great Chu for the emperor." Li Qing's face remained unchanged, as if these words were not spoken by him, but were relaying another word. One person's words.

Tian Qi was dumb, looked at Li Qing, and made sure that the other party was not crazy, but was talking to him in a serious manner. Da Chu had fought against the barbarians for hundreds of years, and had never completely conquered this nation on horseback. Even Emperor Yingwu, the founding emperor of the country, did not do it. Great Chu and the barbarians have conquered each other for hundreds of years. The Great Chu once went deep into the grassland, and the barbarians once occupied Dingzhou. Neither side has the ability to completely defeat them. .Tian Qi has never thought about it, nor does he dare to think about completely conquering the barbarians. Although Tian Qi is conceited, he does not dare to think that he is comparable to the founding hero of the country.

"Do you know that you are in front of me?" Tian Qi said gloomyly, "There is no joke before the king, otherwise it is a serious crime of deceiving the king."

Li Qing smiled: "I dare to issue a military order. If the grassland cannot be pacified within three years, I will send this head to the emperor."

As soon as these words came out, not only Tian Qi, but even the eunuchs who were a little knowledgeable in the room were terrified.This can’t be said in nonsense. Once the military order is issued, there is no way out. You can only advance but not retreat. Otherwise, you will die and die. Even if the emperor doesn’t want his life, his political future will be over. , From then on, I can only be a Tian Jiaweng.

Tian Qi couldn't help but be moved. If he could really defeat the barbarians and turn the grassland into the backyard of the empire, then he would accomplish the greatest feat since the founding of the Great Chu, and his great achievements would rival the founding emperor.

"If you can really pacify the grassland within three years, why would I hesitate to make him a marquis?" Tian Qi slammed the dragon case, stood up, and stared at him with piercing eyes.

"I promise." Li Qinglang said.

Tian Qi sat down slowly, calmed down after a brief moment of excitement, "How sure are you?"

"When I left Dingzhou, I was already making arrangements. Now our Dingzhou troops have penetrated into the grasslands. Dingzhou and the barbarians have changed their offensive and defensive positions. They are gradually eroding inside, and they are cooperating outside."

"The barbarians are all soldiers, and their power is powerful. With the power of Dingzhou, how can they pacify the grassland?"

"The barbarians are tribal alliances. Although there are many soldiers, they are not united. It is impossible for Bayar to twist the grassland into one rope in a short time. I will take this opportunity to take down the grassland. Otherwise, wait until Bayar dominates the grassland. I will definitely spy on the Central Plains, and at that time it will become a big problem for my confidant, and since the implementation of the New Deal in Dingzhou, I have achieved considerable results in a short period of time. When I was in Chongxian at the beginning, I used the power of one county to raise more than ten thousand elite soldiers .Now with the power of a state, millions of people, even one hundred thousand elite soldiers can afford it." Li Qing said confidently.

Emperor Tianqi only hesitated for a moment, and his ambition to expand the territory immediately gained the upper hand. However, the support he can give Li Qing is really limited. What? I can give it to you."

"Craftsman, technician!" Li Qing blurted out.

Tian Qi was slightly surprised, he thought Li Qing would ask for money, but unexpectedly Li Qing wanted someone.Little did he know that what Li Qing lacked most now were experienced craftsmen and technicians. Dingzhou had been fighting all the time and was severely plundered by the barbarians, and craftsmen and technicians were the focus of the barbarian plunder. Money could be easily earned, but a mature craftsman , but it cannot be cultivated in a short period of time.

"Here, I can immediately order the craftsmen and technicians to immigrate to Dingzhou, and each person can be settled by the court. How about moving ten thousand households in advance?"

Li Qing is so excited. After all, the emperor is generous with his actions, and there are more than ten thousand craftsmen when he opens his mouth. You must know that although his current craftsman camp is vigorously supported, there are only more than a thousand craftsmen so far. It is bitter.If you have [-] craftsmen, then your own craftsman camp will be completely transformed, and the efficiency will not be the same.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I am willing to serve His Majesty with all my heart and soul. I will serve you to the death. I will do my best, and I will die." Once excited, Li Qing could not choose what to say.

"No need to thank you, I hope you live up to your promise today, and you can really put down the barbarians. At that time, I will thank you." Tian Qi said. "Forget it, let's not talk about Dingzhou in advance, just sit down and talk about your Dingzhou New Deal, I am very interested."

After Li Qing thanked Tianqi, he sat under the dragon case and carefully explained to Tianqi the series of new policies that had just been promulgated in Dingzhou. Previously, Tianqi only knew a general idea, but now he heard Li Qing's detailed explanation, and he would send out a series of surprises from time to time. Admiration, these one after another, most of them hit the current big Chu's long-standing disadvantages.

"What do you think if I fully implement this new deal in the empire?" Tian Qi asked.

Li Qing looked up at Tian Qi in surprise, without thinking, blurted out: "Your Majesty, this is impossible."

"Why, didn't you do a good job in Dingzhou, or did you say that I am not as good as you, and I can't do what you can do." Tian Qi was furious.

"Your Majesty, that's not the case." Li Qing patiently explained: "Dingzhou was invaded by the barbarians last year. Ten houses were empty, and the wealthy families were almost wiped out by the barbarians. Opportunity, but to implement the New Deal in the Central Plains will first be opposed by the aristocratic family, such as His Majesty's strong implementation, in case the external troubles will not be settled, and the internal troubles will arise again.

Tian Qi was silent, Li Qing's words coincided with the chief assistant Chen Xiyan's. Unexpectedly, Li Qing was not only talented, but also capable of both civil and military skills. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of the rumor that Li Qing's two words were used as famous prostitutes.

"Isn't it internal and external troubles now?" Tian Qi murmured: "The aristocratic family controls the government, separates the localities, violates the central government, and the southern states continue to rebel, and they have been suppressed repeatedly. Now they are still in power. There are barbarians staring at him, and I, the emperor, is like sitting on the crater of a volcano!" When he said this, he completely forgot that Li Qing was also from a wealthy family.

"External aggression is not a concern, but internal worries are enough to shake the court." Li Qing said.

"What's your plan?" Tian Qi's eyes lit up, looking at Li Qing.

Li Qing shook his head, it was frozen three feet, it was not a day's cold, the big Chu in front of him was already dying of illness, no one could recover from it. "Your Majesty, you can only draw it slowly, and don't rush it." He comforted.

"Can you not be in a hurry?" Tian Qi said angrily, "Li Qing looked at what you did in Dingzhou and what you said today. I think you already have some understanding of the general situation of the world, but you bluntly said that if you want to solve this crisis, what can you do? Be bold. Say, I won't blame you."

Li Qing looked at Tian Qi's slightly sick face with a touch of blush, feeling regretful in his heart, it really wasn't much fun to be the emperor for this sake.But what can I say to him?

"Your Majesty, let me tell you a story!" Li Qing thought for a while and said, "In Dingzhou, I once met a family, father and son, all of them were brave, and the second son was extremely courageous. In that area, no one Dare to provoke them, because no one can beat them, but when the two of them returned home, they were extremely afraid of their father and treated him like a tiger, but they dared not disobey their words."

Tian Qi snorted, "This is the filial piety of the two of them, what do you mean?"

Li Qing smiled slightly, "No, it's just because his father is stronger than the two of them combined, but he dared to disobey his orders, so he beat them until they couldn't get out of bed. The two brothers combined are no match for his father."

Tian Qi's eyes lit up, and he understood what Li Qing was referring to.

"One day the two brothers were beaten so badly that the boss yelled at him, saying that his father will always be old, but when the day comes, he must know how powerful he is."

Tian Qi was also angry when he heard it, "Such a rebellious son, he should be killed!"

Li Qing ignored Tianqi, and said to himself: "The neighbors have heard this, and they are all worried about his father's troubles in the future, but the father doesn't care. Hand, I will be old and weak in the future, if the two of them dare to be rude to me, I will make them into abject poverty, even if I send all my property to the village to do good deeds, it will not be cheap for the two of them. He, what's more, if he waited rudely, I sued them to the county with a paper, and I didn't disturb their buttocks, and the shackles were displayed to the public, which is not something ordinary people can afford. Later, the neighbors talked about it Passed to the hands of the two sons, the two sons were silent, and from then on they respected their father even more and did not dare to be rude."

Li Qing has been gone for a long time, but Tian Qi is still sitting on the case. He is a very intelligent person. Li Qing's story is nothing more than telling him three things. First, the powerful force is enough to deter evildoers. Centralized financial control, three, strict legal constraints.

"Long live!" Seeing Tian Qi's strange expression, Wu Li cautiously stepped forward and shouted tentatively.

"Call Chen Shoufu into the palace!" Tian Qi said.

(End of this chapter)