The emperor's power is within ten thousand miles and ten steps away. However, it is impossible for Li Letian's power to reach ten thousand miles at present. Facing the empire divided by the princes, it is at best only three acres of Jingzhou. And it is still in name only.
As for within ten steps, Li Letian didn't have much power. I don't know how many eyes Ouchi had placed, watching his every move. Li Letian didn't even have a counselor who could discuss matters.
Now, he is more and more able to understand the helplessness of Emperor Ming. It is not easy for Emperor Ming to maintain the stability of the empire when the empire is in turmoil.
Li Letian is not a fool, he really wants to do something. But the power he can use is actually very little, and he is powerless even if he wants to do something.
He had to think of a way to break the situation. Li Letian tapped his fingers on the table. He had no one he could trust, so he had to calm down and figure it out for himself.
If things go on like this, I will really become a decoration, and the Li family will soon become an empire named Cui.
Where to break the situation...
Cheng Dalei's name came to Li Letian's mind. Of course, he was extremely angry with Cheng Dalei. A bandit really didn't know the heights of the world. But now was not the time to be impulsive. There is a saying that goes well: the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Perhaps, he should borrow help from Cheng Dalei to break the deadlock in Chang'an and thereby weaken the power of the Prime Minister's Office.
He continued to think along this line of thought and fell into deep thought... It was not that there was no good news coming this time.
The Prime Minister's Office has always been planning the layout in Liangzhou, but Cheng Dalei happened to be born, and he actually drove out Song Bokang, who was supported by the Prime Minister's Office. What is even more gratifying is that Cui Baiyu, known as the White Jade Beauty, fell into the hands of Cheng Dalei.
Of course, this matter is of little benefit to Li Letian. But it is a happy thing after all that the prime minister's office has suffered a loss. The emperor of the empire also has a bad taste when he is powerless.
But it was not impossible to borrow strength from Cheng Dalei. In the name of his father, he simply followed the trend and made him the king of Liangzhou.
But since Cheng Dalei was given his status, Cheng Dalei had to pay the price. Li Letian calmed down and thought about what he could ask for from Cheng Dalei...
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Not only Li Letian, the Prime Minister's Office has also received the news.
On the bed, a skinny old man stretched out his hand and waved feebly in the air.
Cui Yunjian stood aside, his expression not very good.
In fact, the situation of Prime Minister Cui is not as good as Li Letian thought. This old man is so powerful that the sky is full of wind and rain with a wave of his hand. Political opponents have fallen in front of him one by one. Now no one is qualified to stand in front of him. However,
, there is one enemy that he cannot defeat, and that is time.
He is already old, and it is time for him to make arrangements for his funeral.
"The emperor is not willing to be manipulated by my Cui family. Sooner or later, he will fall out. Ha, there really are no cowards in the Li family."
Cui Yunjian listened carefully, but he was still a little unconvinced and said: "Now everyone in the court is from my Cui family. Even if he doesn't agree, what kind of trouble can he cause?"
The old man shook his head feebly: "You don't understand. Those wealthy families are easy to gather and disperse. Never regard them as your own strength. Strength should always be your own. One day, this Cui family will always be handed over to you.
In your hand, you remember two words from me. First, you must always learn to share benefits with others and not be too greedy. Second, the Cui family may not win, but they can never lose."
The Cui family has the same difficulties as the Cui family. Their biggest difficulty is that they have no successors. After Prime Minister Cui, none of the second and third generations of young people are overly outstanding. Although some of their children have also been praised as civil and military officials.
They are all-rounders, but Xiang Cui still knows how much they carry in their stomachs.
What he said tonight showed that Cui Yunjian would be the one to make the final decision on the Cui family in the future. He also helped to point out the way forward for him.
Cui Yunjian was silent for a moment and said: "Father, I have something unclear. I would like to ask my father to clarify my doubts: Can our Cui family really not be able to make that chair?"
Cui Xiang shook his head helplessly: "Don't ever think like that. Our Cui family has been able to survive for hundreds of years because we never bet all on one side. In the future, we can't tell whose family it is, so we must make plans early."
, to keep the foundation of my Cui family intact."
The world is chaotic, and even an old fox like Cui Xiang cannot see much. He has already calculated that the Li family will lose the world, but the birth of Li Letian and Li Xingzai gave the Li family a little more energy. A Li Xing in Jiangnan,
It is estimated that it is unlikely to be a big deal.
These were all in Cui Xiang's eyes, but the one he couldn't see through was Cheng Dalei. This man suddenly appeared and made a name for himself under extremely unlikely circumstances.
Cui Xiang had a vague feeling that there was an inexplicable power behind Cheng Dalei, but he couldn't see where this power came from.
"Father, Bai Yu is still in Cheng Dalei's hands. Should we talk to him and redeem our little sister?" Cui Yunjian said.
Cui Xiang shook his head. There were some things he didn't say to Cui Yunjian. After all, he might not understand if he said it. Cheng Dalei was an unknown figure. He couldn't tell where he would go in the future. Keeping Cui Baiyu by his side might also help Cui.
The family fights for some energy.
In the turbulent world, people are just a few floating dust and foam in it. As cunning as Cui Xiang, they can only drift with the tide, and misfortunes and fortunes depend on the sky.
After Cheng Dalei occupied Liangzhou, this incident caused quite a turmoil in the empire. Among the eighteen princes of the empire, at least Cheng Dalei occupied one of them, and he was now a prominent figure. The other princes couldn't help but wonder, how could this villain who was a bandit return the favor?
We have to be prepared for what kind of storm it will cause.
And this also stimulated other people in disguise. We are all bandits, and Cheng Dalei is not an incompetent person. What he can do, everyone can do too.
Everyone was ready to take action, thinking of grabbing some profits from this gambling game in troubled times. Invisibly, Cheng Dalei set an example.
In Luofeng City in the East China Sea, when Li Xingzai got the news, he calmly burned the information on the candlelight.
Finally, you have taken that step. Maybe we will meet again in the future on the battlefield.
Li Xingzai has been developing well recently. With the help of the Academy, he has no shortage of manpower. After all, Donghai is richer, and Luofeng City has also gathered a lot of people during this period. The small Luofeng City is already a force that cannot be ignored.
of power.
Obviously, the discovery of Luofeng City has reached a bottleneck, and Li Xingzai wants to expand his territory.
He has three ways to go, take Xuzhou, or take Yanzhou, or even more, go south and take the rich Jiangnan.
If you win the south of the Yangtze River, you will have the world's granary. Sitting south and looking north, you will have more confidence to fight for the world. However, the rivers south of the Yangtze River are crisscrossed, and it is extremely difficult to fight.
But Xuzhou and Yanzhou were obviously unable to satisfy Li Xingzai’s appetite.