Realm of Power

The cold wind and slanting sun shone on the spire of Lisbonto, and the wind caused ripples to form on the water curtain in the courtyard. The curtains had been opened through the window, and the dazzling afternoon sunlight came directly in. A black-haired man wearing a military cape The woman stood gracefully in front of the window, her waist straight, her face beautiful and dignified, and her expression and actions revealed a sense of fatigue.

"Miss, the funds brought by this mission are only about one million. Excluding the reimbursement expenses, the limit is seven to eight million yuan." Li Bolong, the deputy envoy of the China-Biabia mission, stood in the room anxiously. A sad face, showing a bit of the desolation of a middle-aged man, he sighed and said, "According to the results of my investigation, , the price of the Imperial Thunder God in Lisbon is 60,000 gold coins. Based on this calculation, the funds we bring to buy not only 100 doors, but also 20 doors cannot be purchased. In order to gain the round trip time of this month, The court even gave up the important land of Yanzhou. If we just go back like this, I'm afraid the situation of the Li family will be even worse!

"Hasn't that matter been investigated clearly? The frontline general didn't know how to use it, so he left it to the prairie people."

Li Yuehua turned around angrily. Not long after he left that day, he received the battle report and found out that Yelu Hongtai, who was going south, had used the captured Imperial Thunder Gods to severely injure the few remaining elites in Zhongbia. Such a result was really ironic. ! In fact, Li Yuehua also saw that the Thunder God incident was actually just an excuse. The real reason was that the emperor wanted to exterminate the Li family. The four powerful families were originally the four highest families in the Central Asian Empire. For many years, they had been entrenched in China. Biya's military power, financial power, internal affairs, and the south can be said to be trembling. China and Biya are also trembling. For more than a hundred years, it has been a situation that cannot be lost. However, the grassland people went south and completely broke the four gates. Centuries of imperial balance of power

Zhang Clan is in charge of the military. The whole family was wiped out in the imperial capital. It can be regarded as a real family that is in mourning for the country. The Tang clan, which controls the empire's financial power, is the emperor's own family. Among the queens of the royal family, six were born in the Tang clan, and there were also many royal princesses who married into the Tang clan, and then there were the rebellious Song clan. Although he has violated the emperor's wishes many times, he is still in the remote south and has little conflict with the imperial power. He lives his own life and maintains the nominal face.

Only Li Clan has been the leader of civil servants in all dynasties. There are countless officials from various places who came from Li Clan. Mrs. Li has been in charge of the prime minister for decades. There are many disciples and old officials all over the world. Sometimes, a word can even override the emperor's will. Originally this was bearable, but with the rapid rise of the junior Li Long in the Military Pavilion, there are faint signs of being promoted to the head of the Military Pavilion. How could the young emperor, who had caused hundreds of thousands of Central Asians to be massacred due to his escape from Baili Changting, not be afraid of this kind of thing?

"That's what you said. But His Majesty has no intention of overturning the case. Until now, the Military Cabinet has not given an explanation for this matter. People outside still believe that our Li family colluded with the Falcon Empire. The Thunder God who deceived the court , which ultimately led to the defeat of Imperial Capital." Li Bolong shook his head and said with a bitter smile.

"This year, how many people have pointed at the Li family and scolded them. Even when the Li family went out, they didn't dare to display the Li family's brand. In the past, the officials who surrounded the Li family. Now when they see the Li family's name card, a They all act as if they don't know each other at all. If they are thinking about old friendships, they will directly refuse to avoid embarrassment for both parties.

Those who want to use the Li family to get ahead may come out and scold the Li family in a righteous manner to show that they are not afraid of power. Especially those civil servants who have been suppressed by the Li family for many years will suppress them unscrupulously. How many families did there originally be? The disciples who have already risen to the top only need to pass this year's annual examination to be promoted. However, just one month before the annual examination, all of them were demoted to the south with excuses made overtly or covertly. You also know that the officials who went to the south were There is no chance to take the annual exam! ""What! south! How dare they do this! "

Li Yuehua clenched her fingers suddenly when she heard it, and her pretty face as white as jade was as cold as ice frozen by the cold wind. In Central and South Africa, the meaning of south can be the southern region, but if this word is used in the court, There is only one meaning. The future pillars of these families who have spent great efforts to cultivate are all sent to the Song clan without exception. He went to work as a local magistrate. For the Zhongbia court, this was basically like a complete political death sentence, because the southern mountainous area controlled by the Song people was originally a small dynasty with its own system. Officials sent by the central government Most of them are just empty decorations, with no power at all, and sometimes they even suffer from cowardice.

The most important point is that officials are not allowed to return without an order from the central government. To put it bluntly, without the emperor's order, these children of the Li family will stay there for the rest of their lives! This point is definitely in the destiny of a super wealthy family like the Li clan. How can a big family with a long heritage, especially a first-class wealthy family like the Li clan, be able to maintain its power for hundreds or even hundreds of years? , it is nothing more than the passing of power from generation to generation, but now, the emperor has sent all the children of the Li family to the south, and the children of the Li family have not been given any chance to continue to advance.

So in more than ten years, the Li family will no longer have a person who can hold up the facade, and this family will naturally be completely destroyed. This move is tantamount to the cruelty of annihilating children and grandchildren!

"Father didn't go to find His Majesty?" Li Yuehua took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart, with a little luck. He was forced to flee by the Central Biya royal family, and now he is For forcing the Li family in this way, it would be wrong to say that there is no resentment in one's heart. Li Yuehua died, but the Li family was still very helpful to the Zhongbia royal family. This time she failed to return to the imperial capital. Amidst the accusations, Mrs. Li personally took over most of the responsibilities and took the initiative to give up her position. It gave the emperor a step to go down.

"Patriarch Li Tailao vomited blood because of this. The next day he dragged his sick body to see the saint. He waited outside the palace for a whole morning and found out that His Majesty knew that the old patriarch was coming and actually left through another door of the palace."

Li Bolong paused for a moment, glanced at Li Yuehua with complicated eyes, hesitated for a moment, and then said in a condensing voice, "I was nominally going to appease the Luzhou Army that had withdrawn from Yanzhou, and it would take at least ten days for them to come back. He said that the old patriarch was not in good health. Now that we are no longer in phase, just worry less and everything will be arranged naturally! "

After the withering order, the future patriarch Li Long, who was specially cultivated by Mrs. Li, was also ordered by His Majesty to drop from the original No. 4 figure in the Military Pavilion to the last one. "Li Bolong showed a touch of anger on his face." On the contrary, it was the man in Linhang who Luo Wuyang, who had been humiliated in the suburbs, was reused again and not only returned to his original second position. He also took over Lord Li Long's jurisdiction and expelled several of Lord Li Long's subordinates from the army in just two or three months.

"These bastards!"

Li Yuehua's pretty body trembled when she heard this. There are more and more bloodshot eyes in his eyes. According to the rules of the Zhongbia court, officials who receive orders from outside must go on the road within three days at the latest, ten days. Everyone has walked hundreds of miles away. Even if they can finally see the emperor, there is nothing they can do. Moreover, Li Yuehua does not believe that Li Clan has been the head of the civil servants for two or three hundred years. Many civil servants regard Li Clan as the leader. As a disciple, if someone is so blatantly trying to bring down the Li family, will anyone stand up? If Mrs. Li is still in phase, even if she doesn't say anything, those disciples and disciples will just spit. We can also drown those people, but now no one stands up. Why! Without the emperor's approval, how dare those civil servants have such courage! This is a premeditated conspiracy, specifically targeting the Li family.

I don’t know why, Li Yuehua suddenly remembered the scene of leaving Linhang

The heavy door of the Li family was tightly closed. At that time, she thought that the family wanted to sever ties with her and no longer recognize her as her daughter. But now it seems that the father who heard the storm had already foreseen the coming of a storm! If I hadn't completely given up and left. How could he be the first to bear the brunt of this huge whirlpool that caused the decline of the Li family? In that situation, it would be useless even if he had the identity of a special envoy of the Falcon Empire. After all, for the Falcon Empire that shocked the entire Obaro, China Bea people know too little. As a Central African, Li Yuehua knows very well

Foreigners are so disdainful in the eyes of Central Bians. Central Bians have a natural sense of superiority, and as a Central Bian who holds the status of a special envoy, he is indeed the most hated so-called national thief!

This year, all of my energy was focused on the expansion of the imperial power in the Longjia area in the southwest. According to the emperor's plan, he built everything from trade routes to military industry workshops.

Either it is the final destination of the Northern Royal Court. In order to get the most accurate information, he even went to the northern grasslands for three months. Yelu Hongtai used the God of Thunder to cause a bloody storm in the central region. At this moment, if he was still related to the Li family, he would only This makes the Li family's situation even more ugly.

Unexpectedly, I only went to the grassland for three months, and the result would be like this when I came back. The Li clan, the dignified leader of the four great clans in Bia, withered to this point in a few months!

"Abandon Yanzhou and stick to the south, whose attention is it?" Li Yuehua asked with a slight frown. This was the question asked by the emperor during the meeting just now. According to the emperor, although this move is ugly, it can be used directly. Give up Yanzhou will definitely be scolded, but it is much better than being trampled by prairie cavalry in Hangzhou. When did the Central and Asian courts have such a strategic visionary figure!

"This..." Li Bolong glanced at Li Yueyuan in surprise, hesitated and said, "It is Mr. Li Long who can suggest to Your Majesty to release Yanzhou in exchange for the south to stick to it! However, it is said that it was the intention of Patriarch Li Tailao. The old Patriarch Say, this seems to be what the lady means! "

"I mean! When did I say..." Li Yuehua himself was stunned.

"That's what the lady said in the letter she sent shortly after she left that day!"

Li Bolong's face was also shocked. The old patriarch said that Li Yuehua said it, but from Li Yuehua's face, it seemed that there was no such thing, so this matter was a bit big.

Abandoning Yanzhou in exchange for the stability of the South, this is such an outstanding vision and handwriting. The earth is like a chessboard, and I place the chess pieces magnificently. When Li Long proposed it that day, it even stopped the imperial meeting for more than ten seconds. The silence even reached His Majesty, who had been suppressing the Li family. He smiled wildly at Li Long. If this matter itself was just a trap, and he used the Li clan's mouth to achieve the purpose of occupying Yanzhou without any bloodshed, if this matter was spread, how could the Li clan survive for many years? A wealthy family will also be burned to the ground by angry Central Asians.

"Don't be anxious, let me think about it. I left shortly that day, could it be?"

Li Yuehua took a deep breath. This matter was indeed very serious. She was in charge of intelligence. How could she not know the means of killing with a borrowed knife? If someone deliberately framed the Li family, it would be a big trouble. She turned her head and frantically recalled the situation when she left. Did she write such a letter? Suddenly she remembered that Yelu Hongtai was blocked by the Yajun in the defeat of Hanshui River. It was very likely that he would continue to move south. It happened that she returned from Linhang in despair. After reporting the whole process to the fat man, out of concern for her family, she angrily asked the dead fat man

"The empire drove Yelu Hongtai, the fierce wolf, southward. What if this wolf has a big appetite and wants to eat the whole of Central Asia in one bite?"

The dead fat man casually replied, "How is it possible? If Yelu Hongtai does not control Yanzhou for a day, he will be a thorn in his side. It will be useless to occupy more territory. Don't think about sleeping peacefully one day. If you want to completely control Yanzhou, you have to wait. It is not only a huge expense of money and resources, but it is also impossible without three or four years. If that time is right, Central Asia should have gradually stabilized its position in the south. If it is really so unbearable, you can write a letter back and ask the Li family to run away early. The place has been chosen, go to the southwest! I will ensure that your Li family will be prosperous and wealthy, without losing a single hair! "

"Yes, it was at that time! I did mention it in the letter!" Li Yuehua finally remembered, and Li Bolong was relieved.

Li Yuehua smiled and said, "At the beginning, I was worried, so I did write a letter overnight. It also mentioned the content of using Yanzhou in exchange for the stability of the south. I didn't expect that it would affect the Central Asia court after so long."

But immediately, Li Yuehua's voice paused, and her hand just stopped on the text on the table. It was a document signed by the emperor, a document of the Thunder God. Li Yuehua felt a chill rushing to her head. It's not right! Who is the fat guy! The scumbag who would not suffer a loss even if he was beaten to death, the overlord of the continent who used the continent as a chessboard, when he told me this sentence, I am afraid he had already planned to let me pass it on! Because I was in a low mood at that time, I didn't think about it at all. It seems that I was deeply plotted by the fat man at that time. No wonder I agreed so happily! The Thunder God of 10,000! He didn't hesitate to spend blood. Could it be that the fat man's goal was...Yanzhou!