After a long time, Li Yifu's mood returned to calm. He stood up and looked at Qiu Yu outside the house and said firmly: "From now on, whatever the magistrate asks the subordinate to do, he will do it."

Xu Jingzong read Zhang Yang's words many times, good deeds are not done with name, merit is not done with profit.

Is this advising Li Yifu to be a gentleman?

No matter how you look at him, he doesn't look like someone who can persuade others to be a gentleman.

This sentence is also very inappropriate for Li Yifu's character.

Xu Jingzong thought about it again and felt that there was another meaning in Zhang Yang's words. It was impossible to persuade Li Yifu to be a gentleman. There was another meaning in the words.

He patted Li Yifu on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Are the words of the county prince profound?"

Li Yifu nodded and said: "To put it simply, the more you taste it, the more profound it becomes."

Xu Jingzong helped him straighten his clothes and said calmly: "I know that you cannot be a gentleman, but bad people can also behave like a gentleman."

Li Yifu stood up straight and said: "Thank you so much, Mr. Xu, for your teaching."

"Yeah." Xu Jingzong nodded and walked out of the empty Taichang Temple.

In fact, the official office of Taichang Temple is very dilapidated. There are only a few or two officials in Taichang Temple. It looks like an official residence but not like an official residence.

Xu Jingzong looked back and felt that it would be difficult for Li Yifu to climb all the way up.

When he returned home, he saw Di Renjie eating soy sauce beef. Xu Jingzong asked curiously: "Did it come from Lishan?"

Di Renjie handed him the bowls and chopsticks and explained: "His Royal Highness King Jin brought this. Lishan gave a lot to the palace. His Highness King Jin also got some, so he gave them to the boy."

Xu Jingzong also sat down and chewed the soy sauce beef.

Di Renjie asked: "Have you replied to Minister Xu's letter to Lishan?"

I really don't like this kid inquiring about the affairs of the court. This kid is too smart. It will be bad for his character to be exposed to this too early.

Children should be innocent, but Xu Jingzong is very dissatisfied with Di Renjie's current growth state, "Give it to Li Yifu."

Di Renjie replied: "Now he should worship towards the top of Lishan Mountain?"

Xu Jingzong nodded and said: "Yeah."

"As expected, I was right about everything."

"What are you proud of?"

Di Renjie chewed the beef in his mouth, "Since I saw Minister Xu writing a letter to Lishan, I have already guessed everything that will happen next."

He wiped his mouth and said: "Li Yifu is not important to Lishan, but Xu Shilang needs such a capable person by his side. The Marquis of Lishan County will give him advice for Xu Shilang's sake.

"

This guy's words are only partially correct. Li Yi Mansion is indeed not important to the county prince, but Lishan also needs someone in the court to deal with it.

Xu Jingzong stroked his beard and said, "Do you know how the Marquis of Lishan County used to control people?"

Di Renjie asked curiously: "How?"

"The county prince first arrested his whole family, and then asked others to sell their lives. Logically speaking, when the person's use value is gone, he can just kill his whole family."

Di Renjie nodded and said: "Worrying about whether the other party has a grudge, killing his whole family is indeed the best way."

"But the county prince would never do this. He released the man's family and gave them their place of origin so that they could live and work in peace and contentment. As for the man who worked for the county prince, he also got an official position and was on an expedition in Persia."

Xu Jingzong said in a low voice: "So even though the county lord is notorious in the public, it is not to the point where everyone can punish him."

"To this day, there are still many people who are willing to work for these county princes. The prince of Lishan County has promised a thousand dollars, and his promises can be fulfilled. Whoever he wants to be rich will be rich, and whoever he wants to give status will be given a high status.

High position."

Xu Jingzong patted Di Renjie on the back and whispered: "The county magistrate served as the Minister of Rites, entered the Zhongshu Province and now serves as the Minister Zuocheng, but from the beginning to the end he has always been a person with a bottom line in doing things."

"It's this kind of person. Even if there is so much infamy, there will always be people who follow him and follow Lishan."

Di Renjie fell into deep thought, thinking about these words.

Xu Jingzong smiled and said: "When you treat them as a human being, they will also treat you as a human being."

"No wonder Zhang Jianzhi admired Lishan so much that he dreamed of getting guidance from the Marquis of Lishan County."

Xu Jingzong smiled and said: "Let him dream."

There is a charming Tian Khan in this world. This Tian Khan commanded the heroes of the world, put down the chaos in the Central Plains, and laid the foundation of the Tang Dynasty.

This Tian Khan is like a big brother, and the Western Regions and Turks are his little brothers.

And there is another character in this world who is the opposite of Tian Khan.

The relationship between the county prince and Tian Khan was not good, and there were rumors that the two often quarreled and quarreled.

But Tian Khan was tolerant, and he endured the arrogance of those county magistrates again and again.

To say that this county prince has made many meritorious deeds, he should have been ranked in the Lingyan Pavilion long ago. As for why he did not ascend to the Lingyan Pavilion, it may be because Tian Khan's heroic spirit still has a little selfishness.

It doesn't hurt that Zhang Yang is still young and Tian Khan is in his prime.

In addition to Tian Khan, the Western Regions and Turks are also willing to be Lishan's younger brothers. In addition to being loyal to Tian Khan, the envoys of the Sifang Pavilion will also worship Lishan Mountain.

Without it, Lishan controls firearms with one hand and presides over foreign wars with the other.

Whether it is Ashinadur, Yinan Khan, or Songtsen Gampo, they are all still alive.

Ashinadur and Lishan turned their feud into friendship, and Lishan gave Xue Yantuo's Yinan Khan a second chance.

I heard that the Marquis of Lishan County became friends with Songtsen Gampo, even though Songtsan Gampo often said that the Marquis of Lishan County was vicious in his methods.

But in his eyes he still admired Tian Khan and the Marquis of Lishan County.

Because of this, many foreign envoys in Chang'an also respected Lishan.

If Zhang Yang was a murderer without blinking an eye, if he had killed Songtsen Gampo and Yinan Khan, perhaps there would not have been so many people following Lishan.

Di Renjie thought that Zhang Jianzhi would not respect the Marquis of Lishan County so much.

Xu Jingzong's words made Di Renjie silent. He had seen those villains who worked for the famous family.

Di Renjie continued to think, the human heart is complex, is the existence of evil people caused by the environment?

In other words, the oppression and deprivation of the aristocratic family will make them become man-eating demons. Are they willing? They have no choice.

The autumn of the fourteenth year of Zhenguan was very peaceful, and the emperor once again gave Lishan a decree to let them cast cannons.

The result is still rejection and resistance.

The emperor left the palace and looked at the autumn scenery, followed by Empress Changsun.

"Guanyin Maid, you should pay attention to your health." Li Shimin looked at the queen worriedly and saw that she coughed again.

Empress Changsun waved her hands and said, "I just caught a cold."

The maid on the side quickly handed over a bowl of tea, "Queen, this is the brown sugar ginger tea sent by Lishan. It is said to be the most suitable to drink in autumn."

Empress Changsun took the tea bowl with a smile and drank sip after sip, "Well, it tastes good."

The palace maid added: "It's also very nourishing. I heard that Princess Runan often drinks this tea in autumn."

The queen sighed: "Yes, she should take good care of herself."

Li Lizhi came to visit her father and mother again. She was wearing simple plain clothes and was boiling tea by the stove.

"Li Zhi, you will be twenty next year." Empress Changsun looked at her dotingly.

"My daughter doesn't want to get married yet." Li Lizhi held her mother's hand and whispered.

"You have been in Lishan for a long time." The queen showed a lot of wrinkles when she smiled, and said in a low voice: "Look at this Chang'an city, is there any girl who has not been married off?"

Li Lizhi said nonchalantly: "My daughter is not in a hurry. Besides, there are many girls in Lishan who are in their twenties and have not yet been married."

The queen shook her head helplessly and let her daughter go. She was the most favored child in the palace.

"My mother and your father are both over forty, and they just want to see you get married."

Li Lizhi leaned against her mother, just like she did when she was a child.

Empress Changsun smiled and forgot to drink the ginger tea in the bowl while talking.

Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and his son. Li Ke's son was named Li Ren, and he was a sloppy boy.

The emperor and his family were all relaxing here, but His Majesty was always depressed.

Your Majesty is very worried about Lishan's repeated resistance to the decree.

A eunuch whispered: "Maybe Lishan is plotting a rebellion."

An older eunuch said: "The Marquis of Lishan County is the consort and will not rebel."

"Then why is Lishan so resistant?"

"Cough cough cough..."

The sound of coughing came from behind, and several eunuchs immediately fell silent. When they turned around, they saw His Highness Prince Jin with smiling faces.

Li Zhi glanced at these eunuchs displeasedly and said solemnly: "If I hear you say this again, I will go to Zhaoling to build it. There is no need to keep it in the palace."

Hearing this, they knelt down one after another with a thump.
To be continued...