The little emperor walked into the secret room with heavy steps, held the door frame, looked at Yong, who was sitting with his eyes closed, and did not say anything for a long time. Yong raised his eyebrows, opened his eyes, glanced at the little emperor indifferently, frowned: "What's the matter?"

The little emperor stretched out his hand from his sleeve, and pinched a curly piece of paper between his fingers, which were densely covered with words. Yong glanced at it and said unhappily: "I told you that you should not disturb me in the court. I am not interested and I am not in the mood to help you solve it."

"No, Master, you must be interested in this." The little emperor sniffed, raised his head, and his nasal sound was a little heavy. "Yingzi's mother... is dead."

"What?" Yong's hand was like a wind, and the little emperor didn't react at all. The note had already reached Yong's hand. Yong's hand held the note in one hand and waved the other hand in the wind. His palm suddenly became much brighter, illuminating the note. She looked at the note with her palm like a torch, and looked at it twice in a row. Then she laughed, put her palms carefully, put her fingers in her sleeve, and laughed loudly: "This bitch is dead after all, hahaha..."

The little emperor looked at Yong quietly, as if he was looking at a wild beast, with deep fear in his eyes. He could roughly guess who the woman in front of him was. He heard Liu Xiu talk about Yingzi's tragic experience many times, and knew that Yingzi's family's tragedy was all because of this woman's palm. Yingzi's mother was probably the daughter of the woman in front of him, at least her disciple, but this woman deliberately wanted to kill her daughter in order to practice Taoism. She said that in order to help him kill Liu Xiu, she had to first remove the people who might hinder them. But he knew that she had always wanted to kill Yingzi's mother, for this reason. She had been chasing them for a long time.

What kind of person is this, so cruel and ruthless?

"You seem to be unhappy?" Yong noticed the little emperor's uneasiness. He stopped his smile and restored his calm and empty appearance. She looked at the area opposite and signaled the little emperor to sit down and talk.

The little emperor sat down silently. After a long time, he lowered his head and said, "When I was fostered in the Chu Palace, Yingzi was my best friend. Although she had no blood relationship with me, she cared for me and loved me like a real big sister. Now, her mother is dead, I think she will feel very uncomfortable, but it is me who killed her mother. I don't know how to see her again in the future."

"If you don't dare to see her, then don't see her, or just kill her." Yong's tone was calm, as if he was just talking about something that had nothing to do with it, or even just killing a chicken or a sheep. "Since you want to be a wise king and want to rule the world, how can you be so indecisive and affectionate with your children? Don't you hear that the world is not kind, treating all things as straw dogs, saints are not kind, and treating the people as straw dogs. If you want to be a wise king, you have to cut off these secular feelings, just like you cannot have any nostalgia in practicing Taoism."

"Just like a master?" The little emperor couldn't help but retort.

Yong's eyes tightened, as sharp as a knife, forcing the little emperor to dare not look at her, and lowered his head guiltily. Yong's mouth slightly raised, and there was indescribable coldness and ruthlessness in his smile. "Yes, just be like me. I won't hide it from you. That bitch is my daughter, and Yingzi is my granddaughter. I have achieved what I have today because I can forget my feelings. Whether it is my daughter or son, I can treat it as an ant without any concern. I am heartless, so I am so powerful that you dare not even look at me. I am so powerful that even Liu Xiu, who holds heavy troops, offends me, can only hide in his palace and dare not stand up. Even so, he will not escape my palm. When my skills recover, no matter how many soldiers there are around him, it will be difficult for me to stop my attack."

The little emperor was astonished as a cicada, his lips turned white, and he didn't even have the courage to raise his head. He didn't dare to look at Yong, but he knew that Yong was looking at him, because Yong's cold eyes were circled around his neck, as if there was an invisible knife, which was gesturing, thinking about how to start and cut off his neck. The gaze was like a mountain, which made him unable to raise his head at all.

"What is the use of benevolence and righteousness, what is the use of kindness? In front of the real Tao, those are just floating lights and bubbles, fleeting, and only the Tao will last forever." Yong sighed softly, his tone calmed down, and the little emperor felt a little relaxed. "Take the Emperor Xiaowu you often mention, his favorite person in his later years was Mrs. Gouyi and his son, but in order to allow his son Liu Fuling to succeed, he would not have a situation where his mother was strong and young, he killed his most beloved woman.

, handed over the power to Huo Guang and others who had no fundamentals. Besides, your late emperor, he prepared four ministers for you at that time, but why didn’t Liu Xiu, the strongest one? Didn’t he know that the person you trust the most and wanted to get close to was Liu Xiu? No, if he did that, you would have been no longer the emperor now. You should know more about these principles than me. Han Feizi explained it very clearly. The king only has the world in his eyes, and the others are his enemies, if he is afraid they are his brothers, parents, let alone ministers."

The little emperor nodded silently.

"Okay, go out. Think about what I said carefully. If you still can't give up those worldly feelings, I don't think you need to practice Taoism anymore. You have a good qualification but cannot see through these falsehoods. It is useless to practice." After saying that, Yong closed his eyes and never looked at the little emperor again.

The little emperor saluted cowardly and retreated. Standing in the warm sunshine, he still felt cold all over, without a trace of heat. Yong's words echoed in his ears, and her eyes without any heat were like a letter from a poisonous snake, licking him on his face, making him cold and trembling, as if walking on thin ice.

...

Yi Shui, Yuan Shao was wearing a plain scarf on his head, wearing a brand new spring shirt, holding a willow branch that had just grown tender buds in his hand, looking at the disintegrating ice surface, and breathing a long breath. The warm sunlight shone on his body, making his body covered for a winter extremely relaxed, and also making his mood that had been worried about a winter become light and about to fly.

Good news came one after another. First, Liang was in chaos. In order to echo Liu Xiu's shout that the wolf was coming, but the wolf was not coming, but the tiger came. Murong Feng, who had been recuperating in the west for several years, frequently appeared in Zhangye and Jiuquan, which made Liangzhou and the Western Regions uneasy. In order to stabilize Liangzhou, General Zhao Yun, the Zhenbei General, had withdrawn from Jizhou. Now only the Yellow Turban General Zhang Yan and more than 30,000 Yellow Turban Army were left in the northern part of Jizhou. Those mobs dared not provoke him at all. Zhang Yan hid in Changshan County and did not dare to do anything. His right wing was already safe. He just waited for the spring plowing, and sent troops to drive Zhang Yan out of Changshan, and even harvested the wheat he planted.

The threat from the right wing was lifted, and the left wing was much easier. Because the conflict between Liu Xiu and the young emperor further deteriorated, Gan Ning, who was stationed in the Bohai Sea, finally left. He entered Qingzhou and took the initiative to march into Luoyang. Qingzhou Governor Sun Guan did not dare to neglect, and the battle was about to break out on both sides of the Yellow River. In order to protect the capital, Cao Cao had transferred his elite troops to the Chenliu area and was ready to enter the pass to serve the king at any time.

The situation suddenly became very beneficial to Yuan Shao. He was considering whether to accept Ju Su's advice and return to Yecheng to preside over the overall situation. If he could seize the important town of Liyang and take all the land of Hebei while Liu Xiu and the young emperor were fighting each other, it would be much more convenient for the counterattack in the future.

However, Guo Tu did not agree with doing this, and his reason was clear. Liu Xiu and the emperor bit each other again, but after all, they had not broken up. After Liu Xiu accepted the emperor's explanation, he recognized that Liu Yuanqi fell off the cliff, and the emperor gave Liu Xiu a lot of compensation that violated the system, such as letting Liu Xiu have 10,000 elite infantry cavalry as King of Chu, and letting his confidant Fu Xie serve as prime minister of Chu, in fact, he gave Liu Xiu the entire county of Nanjun. This was the most important part of all the princes and kings. So far, the little emperor has not asked Liu Xiu for Yizhou and other prefectures and counties, and has always agreed that Liu Xiu will continue to control those places. This is enough to show that they don't want to break up, at least not at the moment.

Why? The reason is very simple. The lord is still there, and Jizhou has not yet been calmed down. They don’t want the lord to have a chance to breathe. Today’s plan is best to let Liu Xiu and the others forget their lords. How can they stimulate them? Once Jizhou makes big moves, their attention will be attracted here. At that time, temporarily let go of the contradictions, and the little emperor will lead the army in person again. How long can Jizhou resist with its current strength?

Yuan Shao accepted Guo Tu's suggestion and had a fierce dispute with Ju Su for this. Ju Su was furious and said that he was scared by Liu Xiu. Even if Liu Xiu was the King of Chu, he could not lead troops to fight again, he was still afraid of Xiu like a tiger. Yuan Shao was very angry, but he did not blame Ju Su. On the contrary, he promised Ju Su in front of everyone that as long as Liu Xiu and the emperor broke up and fought against each other, he would lead the army to attack himself, and he would ask Ju Su to provide advice at that time. However, now, please focus on spring plowing and the implementation of the new policy, raise more food and grass, and prepare for future attacks.

Ju Su didn't say anything, so he had to further bargain with the great tribes in Jizhou. Now that Yuan Shao only has Jizhou left, military expenditure is a heavy burden to fight in multiple ways. In order to allow the great tribes in Jizhou to continue to support him, he could only open up the benefits of industry and commerce and learn from Liu Xiu to implement the new policy. However, it is not easy to learn from Liu Xiu to implement the new policy. Liu Xiu used the benefits of industry and commerce to redeem the land in the hands of the great tribes because the benefits of industry and commerce he gave up were rich enough to make those great tribes profit more after the land was given out. Jizhou does not have such conditions at present, and various products produced in Jizhou are difficult to sell. During the war, the border defense was tight, and the transactions of the two sides were too restricted, and the profits were limited, which was not enough to make the big tribes give up the land in their hands.

In fact, this is not a bad thing for the industry and commerce in Jizhou. Yuan Shao is very clear that once the switch is released, it will be a disaster. Products from other states will flock in, completely squeezing local merchants in Jizhou.

In this case, Yuan Shao could only take a compromise method and use a fixed quota to provide military rations instead of giving up the land. Those big clans who signed the contract must promise to provide a large amount of military rations in order to obtain the right to have a specialty for salt and iron. After making such concessions, the new policy can finally be implemented smoothly. Many big clans came to Yi County to discuss and sign a contract with Yuan Shao. Of course, only famous scholars like Ju Su can take the lead in such a matter.

So Yuan Shao's ears became quiet and his mood was getting better. Please search Piaotianwen, the novels were better and faster!!!
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