With a gentle smile, Nan Yanxi slowly explained: "Dayan is different from the original Daxia and other countries."
"The Lin family has ruled for too long and is deeply rooted in the country of Yan. Moreover, there are many noble families in the country of Yan."
"Especially our New Deal, which is the foundation of the founding of the Ming Dynasty and must be implemented, but this New Deal will definitely touch the interests of these noble families."
"If they use this to create unrest and then take over the Lin family's deep-rooted rule, it will easily cause us a lot of unnecessary trouble."
"Even if Xiang Yang dies, our rule will never be easy in the future."
"In that case... it's better to make good use of him."
Seeing Nan Yanxi touching her chin with a smirk on her face, Li Shuwan shuddered instantly.
He smiled, turned his head and said mischievously: "Husband... you... are planning to harm others again!"
"What are you talking about!" Nan Yanxi raised her eyebrows: "This is called a strategy...strategy...Do you understand..."
"My husband is my favorite when it comes to taking advantage of the situation... Hahaha..."
Then he turned around and ordered the soldiers: "Pass my order, the entire army marches eastward, find a good terrain to set up pocket formations, and surround all the enemy's remaining soldiers."
"At the same time, I order the pursuers of the Southern Front Corps and the pursuers of Hulan County not to pursue them anymore. They all must gather in Hulan County and wait for my order!"
"As for Xiang Yang's side...order our defenders in the northwest to leave an opening for him and let him leave!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!" the soldier agreed, turned around and walked away.
Li Shuwan on the side blinked, slightly unwilling: "Husband... really let him go?"
"Uh-huh... let's go." Nan Yanxi was very confident: "Leaving is more useful than staying!"
...
The battle between the Ming and Xiang armies over the Yan Kingdom finally came to an end after spending several months and losing hundreds of thousands of troops.
With absolute superiority and clever tactics, the Ming army completely defeated Xiang Jun. Xiang Tianxing, the top leader of Xiang Jun, died, and his son Xiang Yang led the remaining troops back to the north of Yan to survive.
At this time, Nan Yanxi was sitting in the governor's mansion in Lizhou City, listening carefully to the reports from all parties.
The wealthy nobles of Dayan are quite difficult to deal with. Ever since he completely ruled the central and southern lands of Great Yan, the nobles in these places have begun to act like monsters.
Because at that time, Nan Yanxi ordered the troops to treat these nobles well, not to intimidate them too much, and to try to appease them.
This actually allowed these nobles to find an opportunity to make a lot of money from the national crisis.
Relying on their own power, in the name of raising military supplies for the Ming army, they hoarded large quantities of food and other necessary supplies at low prices, and forcibly annexed large amounts of people's land at low prices.
Then, only a very small amount of materials were handed over to the local grain collection yamen, and the rest were sold at a higher market price.
Not only that, they also tried to interfere in the appointment of local officials in the name of helping the court govern the local area, but they ignored the officials appointed by the Ming Dynasty.
Relying on the private soldiers he raised, he relied on his own self-respect in the name of helping the court to suppress rebellion, and attempted to build his family into a state within a state.
Nan Yanxi sat on the chair with a calm face, sipping the tea in her hand carefully.
"This group of people... are really stupid... I don't know that they are all grasshoppers after the fall!"
Li Shuwan was filled with indignation when she heard the report from her servants: "Husband, give the order directly to annihilate them!"
"You girl...why can't you keep calm?"
Seeing her like this, Nan Yanxi smiled calmly and put down the tea cup in her hand: "Say it yourself, for the things they did, they would get a slap in the face or a few years in jail at most."
"Which one of them can be considered as the crime of confiscating a house and exterminating a clan? If we do it so rashly, then their disciples and disciples who are scattered outside will drown us with spittle."
"But what should we do?" Li Shuwan pouted: "We can't just let them do whatever they want, right?"
"The local people are still eagerly waiting for our new policy! If it takes too long, we won't let those guys think that we are afraid of them."
"Of course we won't let them..." Nan Yanxi smiled coldly and suddenly changed the subject: "Hey? Shuwan, you told me yesterday... that Xiang Yang sent an envoy?"
"Yeah!" Li Shuwan nodded: "Didn't you say you would let him go for a few days? Why did you think of asking this?"
Hearing this, Nan Yanxi pondered for a while: "No more, you can send someone to inform him now and ask him to prepare and come see me in the afternoon!"
"Uh... okay!" Li Shuwan blinked doubtfully. Although she didn't know why his attitude changed so quickly, she still agreed.
Then he went out to deliver orders.
Nan Yanxi looked at the little girl's back and smiled lightly, then turned around and prepared to go.
After lunch, about an hour later, Nan Yanxi was lying on the soft couch at the back of the hall, hugging Li Shuwan and making herself comfortable.
A servant walked in carefully and said softly: "Your Majesty... the Xiang family's envoy has arrived and is waiting outside the hall..."
"Oh... Got it." Hearing this, Nan Yanxi agreed, stretched and sat up.
He looked down at Li Shuwan, who was still in his arms, and said with a smile: "Okay, lazy pig, don't sleep... let's get down to business!"
"Uh... um..." Li Shuwan rubbed her eyes lazily and pouted her mouth in displeasure: "I just fell asleep... What's the matter?"
Nan Yanxi stretched out her hand to pinch her little face and said mysteriously: "Remember when we were in the Qinglian Mountains... didn't you always want to ask me why I let Xiang Yang go?"
"I'll tell you today...why!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Shuwan immediately became energetic and sobered up a lot.
Nan Yanxi turned around and told the servant: "Go, let the envoy enter Tang Dynasty later, I will come immediately!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!" The servant agreed, turned around and retreated.
Nan Yanxi immediately stood up, ordered his servants to tidy up his clothes, washed his face again, and then slowly walked out of the back hall after everything was ready.
Turning around the screen, I saw a person standing in the hall. He looked about thirty years old and was dressed as a scholar.
Seeing Nan Yanxi come out, he hurriedly knelt down respectfully and shouted long live: "My little minister...Li Su...see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live the emperor!"
"Yeah! Get down!" Nan Yanxi waved her hand with a serious look on her face, gesturing for him to get down.
Then he opened his mouth and said: "Li Su... If you don't serve your master in Yizhou, why do you come to our Ming Dynasty? Could it be that... you want to abandon the darkness and surrender to the Ming Dynasty and submit to my Ming Dynasty?"
"Ah... Hahaha... Your Majesty..." Li Su was the most eloquent person around Xiang Yang, so he was naturally prepared.
He smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said, "What the emperor said is absolutely true! At this moment, I am here to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side!"
"It's just... I'm not the only one who turned from darkness to light!"