Li Xiaowu was a qualified emperor. At least he didn't care about any friendship, only about interests. He completely inherited Li Yuangong's nature.
The Fighting Sky Alliance helped Li Xiaowu win the throne, but when Li Xiaowu ascended the throne, he would surely realize that the threat posed to him by the Fighting Sky Alliance was too great.
The Zhengtian Alliance is neither a military nor Jingyesi, but an independent existence outside the Daqian court and not under the jurisdiction of Daqian.
Li Yuance was from the Daqian royal family.
Although Li Yuance himself said that he no longer had any relationship with the Daqian royal family, that was just what he said, and he was still sensitive when it came to his identity.
Li Xiaowu relied on the Zhengtian Alliance to ascend to the throne, but he didn't want to be labeled like this forever, and he didn't want the Zhengtian Alliance to affect him too much, so he could only suppress the Zhengtian Alliance and cultivate his own power.
Suppressing Taoism and promoting Buddhism in exchange for the support of Buddhism, and at the same time promoting a remote Taoist sect like Luotiandaomen to the level of a state religion, Luotiandaomen must be following his lead.
From the looks of it, Fan Sihai was also subdued by Li Xiaowu, so the power Li Xiaowu now controls is actually no less than that of Li Yuangong, or even stronger.
The three commanders of Jingyesi were all promoted by Li Xiaowu, and they were more loyal to Li Xiaowu than to Ye Wuzhao.
The most important thing is that Ye Wuzhao is now seriously injured and it will take at least several years for him to recover.
As a result, his deterrence, or in other words, his right to speak, also plummeted.
Ye Wuzhao's face was a little gloomy: "Your Majesty, the authority of Commander Jingyesi must be approved by me as the Grand Governor. Now that your Majesty is doing this, you think it is not necessary for me as the Grand Governor?"
If Ye Wuzhao was in his prime at this time, Li Xiaowu would definitely consider his opinions carefully.
But now, Li Xiaowu put on a helpless look and said: "The Governor must not say that. I also want to ask the Governor your opinion, but the problem is that the entire Daqian Jingyesi It can't stop, right? How about this? If it doesn't work, Grand Governor, you can add an extra commander, or else replace one of the three."
Both of what Li Xiaowu said are impossible to achieve.
The upper-level official positions in Jingyesi were all decided five hundred years ago. An exception was made for Gu Cheng. To put it bluntly, Gu Cheng did not have the qualifications.
This generation of commanders has changed from four to five. What about the next generation? Should they be taken back? If they are not taken back, will there be more and more commanders, affecting the development of the grassroots level of Jingyesi?
As for replacing one with Gu Cheng, the replaced one will definitely hate Gu Cheng and Ye Wuzhao to death, and at the same time, their reputation in Jingyesi will also plummet, because this breaks the rules.
Ye Wuzhao snorted lightly and said: "Then your Majesty means not to give any benefits to Gu Cheng? I, Jingyesi, have rewards for merit and punishment for mistakes. This rule has never changed."
Li Xiaowu said quickly: "Of course I didn't mean that. In order to make up for Master Gu, I also prepared a position for Master Gu here.
The governor of Liaodong County has resigned. Mr. Gu happens to have no experience at the level of governor, so he can temporarily serve as the governor of Liaodong County.
Moreover, I can also appoint Master Gu as the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong march, and the army in Liaodong will also be under the control of Master Gu, and Jingyesi and the military will take care of them all."
Taking away the commanding position that originally belonged to Gu Cheng, Li Xiaowu gave Gu Cheng a lot of power.
The land of Liaodong is actually very large, as big as several counties in the Central Plains. The military power and the power of Jingyesi are controlled by one hand. Gu Cheng's power is almost equal to that of the King of Liaodong. In terms of power alone, he even has more power than the commander.
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But since Li Xiaowu wanted to suppress Gu Cheng, how could he be so kind to Gu Cheng?
The spiritual world in Liaodong was controlled by the Five Immortals lineage, so all the successive governors of Liaodong were extremely aggrieved.
The two most aggrieved envoys recognized within the Jingyesi were Xiangxi and Liaodong.
One is controlled by the leftist forces, and the other is controlled by the Five Immortals lineage.
No matter how powerful the governor is, he can only look at people's faces.
Xiangxi has been settled by Gu Cheng, so it's relatively easy to talk about.
Although Liaodong is not as chaotic as Western Hunan, the Five Immortals lineage is even more difficult to mess with.
There are demons and immortals who are comparable to the holy realm there. Is it possible for Gu Cheng to deal with the five immortals? It is almost impossible.
As the Grand Governor of Jingyesi, how could Ye Wuzhao not understand the meaning of this?
But before Ye Wuzhao could say anything, Gu Cheng said calmly: "Since this is His Majesty's wish, then if I am willing to accept the order, I will go to Liaodong and take up my post, which will save Your Majesty from getting into trouble with the Governor.
I have only one request, and that is that the people I brought with me to Western Xinjiang should also go with me to Liaodong. I am used to using those people."
Li Xiaowu waved his hand and said, "No problem."
Ye Wuzhao snorted, obviously a little dissatisfied with this matter.
However, he was seriously injured now, and his voice in the court was obviously not as good as before. He still had to go to recuperate from his injuries. Gu Cheng had already agreed, so he didn't say much.
After the negotiation, Gu Cheng and Ye Wuzhao left directly.
After leaving the palace, Ye Wuzhao looked a little ugly and said: "The late emperor left too suddenly, but I didn't expect that Li Xiao... Your Majesty, he actually had such tricks.
Gu Cheng, you helped and supported His Majesty to rise to power, do you have any regrets now?"
Gu Cheng shook his head and said: "Of course not, and there is no use regretting it, because we had no choice at that time.
Grand Governor, please be more open-minded. People's hearts are fickle, and when you are in a certain position, you have to think about the gains and losses of that position.
Your Majesty's doing this is a sign of a qualified emperor."
Of course, Gu Cheng didn't say a word. Although Li Xiaowu performed well, he chose the wrong direction. The Tiantian Alliance was not easy to suppress. He was a little too eager.
Ye Wuzhao snorted coldly: "The world is so hot. I didn't pay much attention to Jingyesi's affairs before. I didn't expect that in the more than a year since I was gone, those people would dare to bypass me and directly trade with His Majesty.
Gu Cheng, I didn't do what I promised you, but don't worry, after I recover from my injury, the position of commander will still be yours.
Be careful when going to Liaodong. The five immortals are not easy to mess with. Even I don't want to deal with those demon immortals who have lived for thousands of years.
If something happens, just bear with it for the time being, and I will definitely call you back to the capital after I recover."
Gu Cheng nodded and said, "Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, I know."
In fact, even without Li Xiaowu's suppression, Gu Cheng still planned to go to Liaodong sometime to see Ye Fashan's arrangements. After all, there were secrets about the Holy Realm there.
Now that he has Li Xiaowu's will, it is even easier for him to go to Liaodong.
As for the future, he couldn't wait until Ye Wuzhao recalled him to the capital. He believed that Li Xiaowu would personally come to invite him back to the capital by then.
Gu Cheng looked back at the palace and raised his brows slightly.
Li Xiaowu's changes this time were a bit unexpected, but he felt a bit of an awkward aura about Li Xiaowu, which was a bit indescribable.
Even if Gu Cheng quietly used the power of the black jade space to connect to the secluded world, he couldn't find anything.
Maybe he had too much dealings with evil gods in Western Xinjiang, which made him a little suspicious.
At this time, in the palace, Li Xiaowu looked at Gu Cheng's leaving figure and sighed.
Li Xiaozhun frowned and said: "Brother, Mr. Gu has known us for so long. Without him, you would not have been able to ascend the throne so smoothly. If we do this now, are we suspected of burning bridges?"
Li Xiaowu shook his head and said: "Do you think I want to do this? Gu Cheng is a talent, and he may not even be inferior to Ye Wuzhao in the future.
But he is not a simple doer, but a member of the Heavenly Alliance.
If he had an innocent life experience, I would even be willing to make him the successor to the Grand Governor.
But the Zhengtian Alliance is an outsider after all. How can I, Dagan, be controlled by an organization? Therefore, as the strongest member of the Zhengtian Alliance within Dagan, it is impossible for Gu Cheng to stay in the center of Jingyesi in the capital.
Xiao Zhun, being an emperor is not that easy, I have many more things to consider than you."
Li Xiaozhun shook his head slightly, said goodbye to Li Xiaowu and walked out.
He always felt that Li Xiaowu had changed a lot since he became emperor, and it had become a bit strange to him.
Seeing that after everyone left, only Master Xuanqing and Fan Sihai were left, Li Xiaowu said to Master Xuanqing: "Master, can you possibly see that Governor Ye's injury is really that serious?"
Master Xuan Qing nodded and said: "Captain Ye has damaged his vitality. He will not be able to recover in a few years, and it will even affect his own realm and strength."
Li Xiaowu let out a long breath and said, "That's good."
Ye Wuzhao is already a little dissatisfied with him this time. If Ye Wuzhao intervenes in this matter after he recovers from his injury, he really won't be able to suppress Gu Cheng forcefully.
Fan Sihai on the side frowned, feeling a little awkward.
After all, Ye Wuzhao was also the backbone of Daqian in the past. Although he is here now, Li Xiaowu actually said that it was a good thing that Ye Wuzhao was seriously injured? This move seemed a bit mean and unkind.
As for Master Xuan Qing, he always felt that Li Xiaowu relied on him a little too much.
Lu Guanghao of Taixuan Taoism is the one who is truly loyal to Daqian and has the same interests as Daqian.
As a result, Li Xiaowu is currently fighting fiercely with Master Xuan Qing and has alienated the Taixuan Dao Sect. This is not a good thing.
How can a martial arts sect in the North compare with the Taixuan Taoism sect that fought through fire and water five hundred years ago for Da Qian?
But Fan Sihai had just gained Li Xiaowu's trust at this time, and it was difficult for him to tell these things, so he had to resign awkwardly.
At this time, Gu Cheng only rested in the capital for a day, and after one day he went directly to Liaodong with his troops.
Since the capital doesn't want to see him now, there is no need for him to be an eyesore here.
There was something wrong with the rumors in the capital. Everyone knew that Gu Cheng was sent to Liaodong despite his great achievements. This was a sign of losing power, so no one came to see him off.
The only one who dared to see him off was Li Xiaojun.