After traveling on the river for five or six days, the Xiliang fleet finally crossed the continuous grassland, and some mountain peaks and villages near the river began to appear on both sides.
The ships coming and going were full of curiosity about this extremely large fleet. Some people who knew Xiliang knew that this was the Xiliang fleet when they saw the flag of Xiliang. But some people didn't know that they were just attracted by that fleet. Attracted by huge ships.
The Fu Ship is very big. There are basically no ships of this size in the entire Da Gan. Even those ships belong to the Royal Navy. They will only travel on the sea and will not get close to Da Gan or the rivers.
When Li Xiang was on the boat, he fished every day, entertained his children, and enjoyed his hard-won leisure time.
In the northwest, his daily life consists of fighting in the north and south, or patrolling everywhere. Not to mention tired, his days at home are few and far between.
Spend less time with your children.
This time, he wanted to make up for the days he left after the child was born.
Seeing it getting closer and closer, with about half a month left to reach the imperial capital, Li Xiang had an inexplicable feeling in his heart. When he was driven out of Daqian, no one came to see him off, like a lost dog.
Now that he has returned to the territory of Daqian, the prisoner who was once suppressed is now sitting on a huge boat, followed by thousands of horses.
There is a popular saying in Daqian that wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, just like walking in brocade at night.
He has created a career in the northwest, and now that he has returned to the imperial capital, it can be considered a homecoming.
He wants to let those who once looked down on him and stopped interacting with him after he took the blame and took the blame, know that he has stood up again and is standing higher.
There is also a former enemy that he does not intend to let go. Even if the identity of the other party is completely different from before, he is confident that the emperor will not protect him.
After all, how can an ordinary relative of the emperor compare with a great master?
Thinking of this, the above people feel a faint sense of revenge.
He is not a saint, he has people he likes and people he hates, and he will never let go of those who have made trouble for him.
"My lord, we will arrive in Luoyang in two days." Zhang Qingyun sat next to Prime Minister Li with a pot of tea: "According to the information from the Department of Fine Arts, some aristocratic families along the way are planning how to get on your ship.
There are many beautiful girls among them.”
Zhang Qingyun said and winked at Li Xiangxiang: "Master, this is a good opportunity."
Li Xiang gave Zhang Qingyun a disdainful look: "If you want anything, I'll give it to you.
Isn’t it easy for me, Mr. Li, to want a woman? Do I need them to send her? They are all a group of people with ulterior motives. If they bring them to the boat, won’t they cause trouble to you? "
"Let them all be careful and don't let anyone get in." You fiddled with your fishing rod: "Otherwise, you will be the one who is tired when the time comes."
Zhang Qingyun chuckled and sat next to Prime Minister Li: "My lord, I still have sympathy for me."
"If I don't continue with you, who will help me in the future if you fail?" Li Xiang said seriously: "I don't want to train another person, and there is no one who can make me trust him as much as I trust you. "
Li Xiang knows that he is not a smart person, and his IQ can only be regarded as average among the crowd. In terms of government affairs, he relies on Zhang Qingyun. In terms of military affairs, relying on the inherited military art, the development of his power is completely based on handover. To Li Yi.
He is like a shopkeeper who has given up his hands and has done little else except military affairs.
Zhang Qingyun is now his right-hand man. If he doesn't cherish this right-hand man, who will help him control the Northwest Yamen?
As for his father-in-law and those who later joined Xiliang, those people may be more intelligent than Zhang Qingyun, but they are not as pure as Zhang Qianyun treats him, and they all have other aspirations.
Zhang Qingyun smiled and said no more.
In the eighth princess's room.
A middle-aged woman in palace attire half-knelt in front of the eighth princess: "Miss, princess, let me ask you when can we enter Xiliang."
The eighth princess looked at the middle-aged woman with some embarrassment: "Can't we wait any longer?"
The middle-aged woman said: "Miss, it's not that the palace master is unwilling to wait, it's because of the current situation that we need to determine our position as soon as possible.
The palace master said that chaos is about to begin, and we need to find a stable place as soon as possible. Xiliang is the first choice. However, if Xiliang does not respond within six months, the deputy palace master and others will leave with some people.
You also know how fierce the battle in the palace is nowadays, so the palace master asked me to come here specifically to inquire!"
The eighth princess frowned. These days, she has been looking for opportunities to tell Li Xiang about the power behind it, but she has never had the chance.
Now they are starting to worry.
After thinking about it, the Eighth Princess said: "I will give you an accurate letter after the Mid-Autumn Festival."
The middle-aged woman nodded: "Yes!"
The Eighth Princess said to the maid behind her: "Take Grandma to rest!"
"Yes!" Mingyue smiled and said to Grandma Gong: "Mammy, please come with me."
Aunt Gong bowed to the Eighth Princess and left with Mingyue.
The eighth princess stood up. Now she could only have a showdown with Li Xiang. If Li Xiang wanted to help, then she would contact the people over there. If it was not needed, then she had no choice but to give up.
The second princess got up and left the hall, walking towards where Li Xiang and Zhang Qingyun were.
The guard lowered his head and said to Li Xiang: "My lord, the princess wants to see you, but she has gone to the back now..."
To this day, the guards of Xiliang and others still call the eighth princess princess.
"What is she here for?" Li Xiang was a little confused, but he still said to the bodyguard: "Let her come over."
The eighth princess followed the Xiliang guards to the fishing place where Li Xiang and Zhang Qingyun were. There were some hanging fish beside them. It was obvious that the two of them had a good harvest.
Hearing the sound of footsteps coming from behind, Zhang Qingyun stood up first and saluted the eighth princess: "Princess."
Li Xiang did not stand up: "Qingyun, you go back first."
"Yes." Zhang Qingyun left immediately knowingly. Li Xiang patted the chair next to him and said, "Sit down."
The princess sat next to Prime Minister Li.
"Just tell me what you have to say, don't be secretive."
Along the way, the Eighth Princess picked up a few people and brought them to the ship. Prime Minister Li knew these people very well.
The eighth princess said: "I don't know, what do you want to do in the future, Governor?"
Li Xiang glanced at the eighth princess: "I want to be the emperor, how do you feel?"
The eighth princess was stunned for a moment, then smiled sweetly: "You don't seem to be very suitable to be a monarch."
"Am I not suitable?" Li Xiang said with some doubts: "I don't know what conditions you need to be a qualified monarch."
The Eighth Princess said: "At least he needs to make some compromises."
"Compromise?" Li Xiang smiled and said, "Why compromise? Is it because the enemy is too powerful, or is there some other reason?"
The eighth princess smiled: "Because some people have certain requirements, they may not meet the requirements in your heart.
But you only need to compromise a little bit to get help from a force.
In this way, you can get the support of a large force without spending a single soldier, and you can also get some resources."
The corners of Li Xiang's lips raised: "You are talking about the forces behind you, right?"
The eighth princess nodded and said nothing, indicating her acquiescence.
Li Xiang said: "I don't know, which force is standing behind you?"
He really didn't know much about the Eighth Princess, even the name he told him was Zhang Qingyun.
"Snow Palace." The eighth princess said: "In the beginning, it was a force composed of maids in the palace. Later, people continued to join in, and it gradually formed a very large force.
My mother was the previous generation’s mistress of the Snow Palace.”
"What's the focus of Snow Palace?"
Each force has its own focus, such as the Xuantian Sect. The Xuantian Sect has extraordinary military power. It follows the martial arts path and focuses on martial arts.
"The most powerful thing about the Snow Palace is intelligence!" the Eighth Princess said: "The Snow Palace has focused on intelligence since its establishment, and now it has formed a huge intelligence network within the empire.
Our intelligence sources are not weaker than those of the Imperial City Division.
And because of the status of the palace maid, there is a very powerful business group in the Snow Palace, and the resource reserve has been continuously expanding since the establishment of the Snow Palace.
There are now a large amount of resources sealed in the Snow Palace's warehouse, and these are the future capital of the Snow Palace."
The establishment of the Snow Palace was the last time the Daqian Empire was in chaos. At that time, the imperial city forced eunuchs who did not belong to their special forces so that they could escape unscathed.
As for the remaining palace maids, except for those who were able to escape from some forces and connections, most of the rest were trapped in the city. In the end, if a mysterious woman had not come to help, they would have definitely been burned alive in the palace.
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From then on, the palace ladies began to form their own forces, so that if a turmoil occurred in the future, they would have enough ability to rescue the palace ladies.
When the Snow Palace was founded, countless palace maids participated, and the forces behind these palace ladies also participated. The force of the Snow Palace continued to expand, and now it has become the third largest force in the palace.
However, because their presence is not strong, only the palace and some top nobles know of their existence.
It’s not that you didn’t have anyone spying on you. Among those who spied, there were many princes, princesses and some emperors who were very controlling, but in the end, nothing happened.
Because the master of the Snow Palace is very hidden, only by taking control of the master of the Snow Palace can you have the power to control the Snow Palace. Otherwise, all you will catch is some peripheral little guys.
This time the great chaos is about to begin, and everyone in the Snow Palace has begun to place bets.
With a large number of objects and an armed force, they are not as helpless as before, but if they want to live better in this chaotic world, they must take refuge in a powerful force.
However, they will not be exposed until the emperor falls. If the emperor can still be supported, they must do their best to assist him.
The new emperor was able to take control of the empire so quickly, and their presence was indispensable. They had worked hard, and now it was time to find a way out for themselves.
Because her mother was the former palace lord, and she was given the following by the emperor. Although the northwest land under Li Xiang was not as prosperous as the Central Plains, it was a safe place.
The Xiliang Navy is the most powerful naval force in Daqian, besides the Royal Navy.
Once a war breaks out, a ship can be dispatched to pick them up in the shortest possible time and take them to the very peaceful northwest land.
"What do you want?" Li Xiang asked directly.
The eighth princess said: "We need a sense of security."
"A sense of security?" Li Xiang smiled and shook his head: "Do you know that there is no private army in the northwest, and the military commanders of every army need to be loyal to me.
I have the power of appointment and dismissal!”
"Your sense of security means that you need an army in your hands. With an army, you have a sense of security, but I don't have that sense of security!"
When the eighth princess heard what Li Xiang said, her face turned a little pale. Li Xiang had already explained it directly.
The eighth princess quickly adjusted her mentality: "I understand what you mean."
"No, you don't understand." Li Xiang turned his head and looked at the eighth princess: "In the northwest, I do not allow private armies to exist, but I can give you a quota of 10,000 people. You can use this 1 Thousands of people form an army to make you feel safe.
But we need to agree first. If there is any major war in the northwest, I have the right to mobilize the army this time and go to the front line!
You can rest assured that I will not deliberately let them die!"
"I wonder how you feel?" Li Xiang said with a smile: "I know who wants someone with too much power to come over. It's not just that simple, but there are other conditions. But we can talk about it."
This is not a compromise on the part of Li Xiang, but he knows how powerful the Snow Palace is. As a descendant of the Li family, he is naturally aware of the several superpowers in the Daqian Palace.
There are two factories, the Imperial City Department and the Snow Palace. The two factories are internal, and the Imperial City Department is external. The Snow Palace is spread throughout the palace. Most of the palace ladies attend the Snow Palace, and there are many noble men among them.
After the palace maids reach a certain age, they will be released from the palace. As long as these palace ladies are willing, they can still be members of the Snow Palace. They help each other and develop caravans outside.
At the same time, with the help of the intelligence network in the palace, they can get a lot of information in advance, and rely on this information to become suppliers within the palace.
As a result, the strength of the entire Snow Palace is constantly increasing!
Li Xiang knew very well what kind of power this was, so he wanted to borrow a chicken to lay an egg and get the Snow Palace first. He was not afraid that the Snow Palace would compete for his control. Xiliang's headquarters army was in hand, and the Snow Palace's Do you have that ability?
Therefore, after listening to the eighth princess's words, Li Xiang made a plan.
When the eighth princess heard what Li Xiang said, her eyebrows widened. She thought that Li Xiang would not agree. As long as Li Xiang was willing to talk, it would be possible for both parties.
"Thank you!" said the eighth princess.
"I should be the one thanking you!" Li Xiang said with a smile: "Snow Palace is not a simple force. Being able to contact it is my blessing in Xiliang!"
