After returning home from the banquet, before taking a short rest, I heard from the concierge that Qiu Yan had come to visit, and he had brought a woman with him.

This was naturally what he expected. He quickly ordered someone to invite the person to the study. During the whole process, apart from being a little surprised as to why he brought a woman, he had no other thoughts. When they met, the expression on his face

He is always confident and calm.

In fact, he himself would be surprised as to why Qiu Yan didn't reject her, but felt unhappy with Zhao Kuangmei whom Murong Yan had found, and even got into a quarrel with her.

After all, Qiu Yan is backed by the Tiance Mansion, which is a professional rebel organization. To be honest, being involved with them would be no less risky than being involved with Zhao Kuangyin.

Maybe even bigger.

If you think about it carefully, it's just because Qiu Yan's incident was originally part of his plan. In fact, it was actually him who took the initiative to date Qiu Yan.

And he is confident that he can cooperate equally with Tiance Mansion. In other words, although this matter is extremely risky, the risk itself is within his control.

However, Zhao Kuangyin's side was completely different. Their level and rank were so high that he could only see them vaguely, let alone participate in them.

Moreover, the main battlefield is still in Kaifeng. It can only be regarded as a sub-battlefield at the top of my head. It is almost difficult to lead anything by myself. Facing a big boss like Zhao Kuangyin, I actually don't have much room for bargaining.

He is too passive, and feels like he is entrusting his life and property to others, and these others are actually not very familiar with him.

In fact, when he first learned from Du Mengdong that Qiu Yan was from Tiance Mansion, he was also panicked. During the Yangzhou Rebellion, he was also angry when he accepted the leading stick from Qiu Yan.

but……

It seems that when he learned that Du Mengdong was involved with Tiance Mansion, his mood was not very good, even worse than this time, but he was still very restrained at that time and did not have any direct conflict with Du Mengdong.

conflicts, let alone quarrels.

Why couldn't you hold back your quarrel with Murong Yan this time?

Is it possible that my relationship with Murong Yan is closer than that of Du Mengdong, my sworn third brother?

He shook his head and threw away these complicated thoughts and walked into the study. He saw the mysterious woman sitting with her back to him, while Qiu Yan stood beside him with great respect.

Liu Dapao naturally raised his hands and gave Qiu Yan a fist, then walked over and sat down on the main seat opposite the woman. Then he saw the woman's face clearly and was slightly startled.

This woman looks so young, she seems younger than Qiu Yan, and she seems to be less than thirty years old.

Moreover, she is quite beautiful and has quite a bit of charm. If she were to perform on stage, she would probably be as good as any other courtesan, and maybe even better.

Could such a young woman be Qiu Yan's master?

Seemingly seeing Liu Dapao's doubts, the woman took the initiative to explain: "I have practiced some Taoist Kungfu and am better at beauty. In fact, I am almost sixty already. Qiu Yan is both my apprentice and mine."

His adopted son, several of his senior brothers were raised by me."

Liu Dapao looked at it a little rudely, and then noticed that there were some small wrinkles on his neck and the corners of his eyes. Seeing this, he said with great interest: "This art of keeping one's face is really wonderful, if it wasn't something special,

If you want to teach me the secret, can you teach me when you have time?"

But in her mind, she was thinking that Murong Yan was also a martial arts practitioner, so she would definitely like the effect of this kind of beauty.

We just had a quarrel, and if we have to work together in the future, we still need to coax them together.

The woman smiled and said: "It is indeed a secret that is not told to others, but if Master Xiong is interested, he will be given the secret book later if he is just a martial artist."

"Thanks."

"Let me introduce myself. My surname is Li, and my single name is Ting. I am currently the head of Tiance Mansion."

"It turns out that the master of the palace is here in person. It's disrespectful. It's disrespectful."

With that said, Liu Dapao asked Xi'er to make tea for them, asked Qiu Yan to sit down, sorted out his words a little, and finally got to the point:

"Master, you are here today to give me face. Although this is the first time we have met, we have already dealt with each other. We can say we have a happy cooperation, right?"

"Of course it's a pleasure to work with a smart person like Mr. Xiong. It's just that Mr. Xiong has been avoiding me for so long, so why did he take the initiative to invite me this time?"

Liu Dapao said with a smile: "If after today, you people from Tiance Mansion will not join my Yizi Sect incognito on a large scale, I would be willing to continue to avoid you."

Li Ting smiled, acquiescing, and she would indeed let the people from Tiance Mansion change their appearance and join the Yizi Sect.

The Yizi Sect is now about to expand and become a Hongmen. It is impossible for her not to seize such a good opportunity. Not only will it help hide the identities of their members, but they may also be able to take advantage of it.

What's more, it is not impossible to directly or indirectly use Liu Dapao's Yizimen to attack the state capital.

After all, Yizimen will definitely bloom everywhere. In essence, this thing is even a bit similar to a pyramid scheme, which has a certain brainwashing effect on the bottom gang members. If there is a phenomenon of pulling people's heads, the expansion speed will be exponential.

It is very likely that this thing will be like the Hongmen in the original history. Any bigger gang across the country will try their best to join Hongmen and have a relationship with Hongmen.

It is also not ruled out that there may be people similar to the Hongmen black bones in history, who spontaneously go to other places to preach and spread Hongmen ideas, and in turn become the local gang bosses, and may even develop more power than others.

He is still big.

At that time, I am afraid that what he, the nominal leader of the Yizi Sect, may not say will be very effective. The Thirty-Six Oaths of Hongmen are actually anti-authority in concept, and this is where brothers in the sect, big or small, come from.

According to his original plan, if he didn't play with Zhao Kuangyin and the others, after the Yizimen expanded to this point, it would have a certain influence in all states and counties, and there might even be an ignorant boss among them who would raise the flag.

After the rebellion, as long as he grasps the balance in all aspects, he will definitely be recruited. It is not impossible for the court to even set up a special yamen to manage these Yizimen disciples.

So to be honest, he really doesn't mind the people from Tiance Mansion joining his Yi Zi Sect by changing their appearance, and he doesn't expect to be able to control them.

What he wants is to try his best to expand himself to a point that is too big to fail during this short window period of political instability. That is to say, even if there are people in the Yizi Sect in the world who rebel, as long as he, the leader of the Yizi Sect, knows clearly

He offered his kindness, but the boss could only hold his nose and cooperate with him.

Of course, this also depends on the character, prestige, courage, etc. of the new official. If the new official is a fierce man like Chai Rong or Zhu Yuanzhang, he would rather injure himself by 800 than injure the enemy by 1,000, or even behead himself alive.

If so, then accept your fate.

Although the sudden intervention of veterans represented by Zhao Kuangyin caught him off guard, Liu Dapao believed that the overall tone should not change.

At present, although their intervention has greatly reduced their ability to control the development of the situation and increased the uncertainty of the matter, it is not necessarily a bad thing.

A large number of veterans joining the Yizi Sect will only make the court more hostile to them. If done properly, even if Zhao Kuangyin and others fail to rebel, it is not completely impossible for him to survive.

However, Li Ting definitely didn't know about this thought. Of course she saw everything in today's meeting from beginning to end, but to be honest, she really couldn't understand this black-hearted bear.

Zhao Kuangmei actually accompanied Suning Qian here. This was something she had never expected, and she really couldn't understand how Liu Dapao, a gangster boss, could have a relationship with the Dianqiansi who was far away in Kaifeng.

The key is that Shen Yi, as the prefect of this place, seems to still maintain a pretty good relationship with him under such circumstances!

What kind of ecstasy soup did this black-hearted bear pour into them?

What is this black-hearted bear trying to do by transforming the Yizi Gate into this? Is he rebelling?

But the idea of ​​rebellion still doesn't make sense. Should we help the Dianzensi rebel? But the problem of the Dianqiansi has never been about lack of troops, right?

Even as an outsider outside the imperial court, he could see that once the Dianqiansi really made up his mind to rebel, or in other words, when rebellion became the consensus of everyone in the Dianqiansi, it would be very simple to change the official position.

ah.

Can Black Heart Bear, the black boss far away in Yangzhou, really be of any help to the Dianqiansi gang?

It would be even weirder if he himself had thoughts of rebellion. Not to mention that he was just a gang boss, who gave him the courage, then Zhao Kuangmei and Shen Yi were both his guests!

And if it wasn't for rebellion, Li Ting would have been a little confused about what Liu Dapao wanted.

"Master Xiong, you are indeed not a thing in the pond. I admire your courage. But the little girl is really curious. Is Master Xiong's ambition to compete in the world and be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and Han Dynasty, or to serve as a good master?

, how about being the Duke of Zhou?"

"The master of the palace thinks too highly of me. In fact, my ideal is just to have a wife and children on the hot bed. I would be very satisfied if I could be a rich man with no worries about food and clothing."

Li Ting would definitely not believe this, but Liu Dapao didn't expect her to believe it, but took the opportunity to ask: "Actually, I am curious, what is your ambition, Master?"

"Me? Mr. Xiong, why do I need to ask questions knowingly?"

"Master, you are promoting me again, I really don't know."

"There should be very few people in the world who don't know that our Tiance Mansion is going to rebel."

"Are you rebelling for the sake of rebellion? There have been many rebellions in the past dynasties, but rebellions must have a basic program. If it is to create a peaceful and prosperous age, this is really empty. Besides, to be honest, in this world, at least

It's quite peaceful for the time being, and it would be even more peaceful if you didn't cause trouble."

When Li Ting heard this, she couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Tiance Mansion has been in turmoil for a hundred years. If you want to say it now, it can only be because the prince and general Xiang Ning has the guts."

"That's even more nonsense. Not to mention whether there are so many people who want to be princes and generals. Even if there are, there are so many ways to become princes and generals these days."

"Join the Tianxiong Army, the Zhaoyi Army kills the Khitan, study and take the imperial examination, do business and make money to buy an official title. All of them are more reliable than rebellion. You want to be the female emperor, but there is no one in the world who can be the emperor.

There is only one, why do the others follow you so loyally?"

Li Ting did not answer, but instead had a bit of a dumbfounded expression and said: "When the emperor... Hahahahahaha, Tiance Mansion has existed for more than a hundred years. During this time, you will sing and I will appear on the stage, and there will be great successes one after another.

Counting big and small, there are always forty or fifty emperors, but we have never had anything to do with it. When it came to my hands, I never thought about this issue again."

"Then why do you want to rebel?"

Li Ting took a sip of tea after hearing this, and actually thought about it seriously, and said: "When I was young, actually, I didn't understand why I wanted to rebel. My father used to be the general of Tiance Mansion, and he also

I had dinner with Li Cunxu. He said that he was a direct descendant of Tang Taizong, a member of the Li Tang clan, but I don’t know whether it was true or not. But since he is a rebel, as his daughter, I am also a rebel.

.”

"But I remember when I was a child, there were a lot of people in the house, especially in the Guanzhong area. As long as I shouted to restore Li Tang's glory, the people in Guanzhong would always respond to the call in gratitude for Li Tang's kindness, and the momentum was unmatched. But over the years,

, Li Tang’s kindness is gone, even in the Guanzhong area, there really aren’t many people willing to follow us.”

Liu Dapao laughed disdainfully when he heard this: "That's bullshit Li Tang's old kindness. The Li Tang Dynasty has never been kind to the people since it entered the middle period. It's just two hundred years of Tang Dynasty, and it has never received taxes from Guanzhong."

, even if the imperial court was so poor that it urinated blood, even if it forced the people of Hebei to rebel, and squeezed the bones and dregs of the people of Jiangnan, it still couldn't do anything to win over the nobles of Guanlong."

"As for the so-called response to one call, that's even more nonsense. In the end, Huang Chao didn't kill all the Guanlong nobles. The poor people in Guizhou are so grateful to the Li Tang Dynasty that their blood was almost sucked dry by the Guanlong nobles.

.As for the Li Tang royal family or not, what’s the point?”

"To put it bluntly, it's just that some remnants of the Guanlong nobles want to continue to enjoy their privileges, and the people of Guanzhong want to return to the past and continue to exploit and suck the blood of Jiangnan to become masters."

"However, the economic center has long since moved eastward, and Guanzhong has become a relatively poor area due to overdevelopment. To be honest, it would be great if the Central Plains and Jiangnan did not bully Guanzhong.

If you have a little bit of brains, you should know that you can't achieve anything by relying on the people of Guanzhong. The more important your Guanzhong genes are, the less support you will get from other regions."

When Li Ting heard this, she seemed a little dissatisfied and said: "Isn't it true that in the four fortresses of Guanzhong, we can't separate ourselves from one side even if we want to?"

"Separate one side? Who gave you the courage? Back then, An Lushan almost starved the Li Tang court to death just by taking Luoyang and cutting off water transportation. He also took over the entire Guanzhong as a joke. You still want to separate one side?

?”

"I found that you people in Guanzhong especially like to talk about the Qin and Han dynasties. That was hundreds of years ago, and times have changed a long time ago. If nothing else, go to Tongguan and see. After the Yellow River changed its course several times, that place can still be called

Do you have to be a prisoner of a husband?"

Li Ting smiled bitterly when she heard this: "Perhaps, what you said does make sense. In recent years, our main energy has been concentrated in the Sichuan and Sichuan areas."

"In fact, the reason why it is my turn to be the head of the palace is precisely because of this. The predecessors of Tiance Mansion, including now, do have certain factions within them. I was born in the Guanzhong faction, and some

The purpose of people joining Tiance Mansion is to promote Buddhism. Before I became the master of the manor, these religious fanatics were already latecomers and almost became the majority."

Liu Dapao said with a smile: "It is a belief after all, and it does have a certain spiritual appeal. Of course, the problem will be bigger. Moreover, Chai Rong's destruction of Buddhism does not really prohibit the world from having monks, it just strengthens it."

It’s just a matter of controlling the ultimatum. It’s not too difficult for a true master in the spirit of Buddhism to get the ultimatum.”

Li Ting nodded and said: "This is also the reason why Tiance Mansion has never been able to develop. In fact, I was quite confused when I was young. I felt that the rebellion was hopeless, but I also really felt that the rebellion was a thing.

No sense, almost rebellion for the sake of rebellion.

But later I gradually discovered that in fact, the vast majority of people in Tiance Mansion are still ordinary people who have been forced to live in this world and have to turn into bandits."

"When it comes to appeals, it's actually quite simple. It's just to survive. I can't help but wonder, why are so many people unable to survive despite everything going well in recent years?"

"After thinking about it, it is nothing more than excessive levies and miscellaneous taxes, and Kaifeng's demands are excessive. If the people can be stabilized, the corvee and taxes are light, and the water transportation and tax transportation from various places are cut off, so that the taxes can be taken from the people and used for the people, once

When there is a war, people from all over the country work together and work together, so that the world can love each other and rule, wouldn't it be a prosperous age?"

Liu Dapao was stunned: "Love for all, not attack? Could it be that the master of the palace is a supporter of the Mo family?"

Li Ting did not speak, but glanced at Qiu Yan with a half-smile.

Qiu Yan solemnly said: "To bring benefits to the world and eliminate harm to the world, this is Qiu's lifelong wish."

When Liu Dapao heard this, he was a little choked for a moment and had no choice but to bow his hands towards him.

Li Ting said: "The world is unkind because big countries attack small countries, everyone disrupts small families, the strong robs the weak, the masses bully the few, deception leads to foolishness, and the noble is humble."

Liu Dapao quickly interrupted: "Okay, okay, no more chatting."

It was endless to talk about this thing, and it was really boring to have a long discussion. Having Murong Yan chatting with him all day long made his head hurt, but he really didn't want to talk about Mozi with this rebel again.

.

If he can stand it, the readers should not be able to stand it either.

However, in this case, it is understandable that Qiu Yan has been exposed to all kinds of difficulties in his work for such a long time. It is no wonder that he is a rebel, but his mind is full of heroes who serve the country and the people.

This hero indeed seems to have been inspired by Mohism. Looking at his teacher as a disciple, Li Ting may think that she is a giant.

Mohist thought, or the foundation for the existence of Mohist organizations lies in handicraftsmen, self-cultivated farmers, and free people in cities and towns. Mr. Fan Wenlan believes that Mohist thought can only last long in the gap between the decline of the ruling class before the Han Dynasty and the landlord class not fully gaining ruling power.

, with the establishment of the landlord regime in the Qin and Han Dynasties, the landlord class completely overwhelmed the common people class, Confucianism became the only one, and Mohist thought was bound to die out.

It happened that during this period, the world had been in chaos since the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and the clans were reshuffled. The wars for more than two hundred years were short-lived, which somewhat replicated the social background and environment of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but it really gave this society a resurgence of Mohist thought.

Base.

But the problem is, if his Yizi Sect really wants to dig out the source of its thoughts, it will definitely be a Mo Sect organization!

The Mohist saw was originally the founder of Chinese social organizations, and he was the founder of the black boss!

Strictly speaking, the four major thoughts of the Warring States Period have never died out for thousands of years. Needless to say, Confucianism, Taoism has slowly become religious based on Taoism, and Legalism has absorbed Confucianism. For example, Xunzi has absorbed a lot of

Legalist thought can be regarded as a convergence, and Mohism, in its comprehensive form, is really the Hongmen in history.

Through Li Ting's narration, Liu Dapao also had a similar understanding of the current Tiance Mansion. Although Li Ting was born in the Guanzhong sect, it can be seen from the Qiu Yan he raised that she has now become ink.

Under this background of the times, such political opinions undoubtedly have a broader mass base than the mindless shouts of beating and killing the Shatuo people, or the lunatic calls for the coming of the Buddhist Kingdom.

At this moment, Tiance Mansion was actively assisting the Sichuan and Sichuan rebels in resisting central oppression, and indeed had the intention to stop Chu and attack Song.

Thinking this way, Liu Dapao was a little frightened, because if Tiance Mansion was really in the process of, or had completed the transformation of Mohist thought, their professional rebel organization would be righteous with him sooner or later.

The doors merge together!

Within three to five years, there will be one among you and one among me. This is all foreseeable. It is just a question of who will annex whom.

But no matter who annexes whom, the Yizimen will definitely have the idea of ​​rebellion, similar to Hongmen's anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty. This is contrary to Liu Dapao's original intention.

The problem is very serious.

To Liu Dapao's surprise, Li Ting took a sip of tea and quietly waited for Liu Dapao to think things through in his mind, and then said: "Master Xiong is the real wise man in the world, Mo."

One of the Taoists has always respected the virtuous and the same. If Mr. Xiong intends to shoulder the responsibility of the people of the world, I am willing to let Tiance Mansion be completely integrated into the door and respectfully present the list of names in the manor."

Liu Dapao raised his eyebrows when he heard this, somewhat confused.
Chapter completed!