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On the south shore of Chaohu Lake, on a small island not far from the shore, thousands of soldiers were digging hard, and huge wooden boxes were unearthed. This was the wealth that Li Xilie secretly buried here. Only his soldiers and a few generals knew about it. , most of the people who know about it are dead, and only Zhang Luanzi is left as an insider.

This island was chosen by Zhang Luanzi for Li Xilie. The reason why he hid his wealth here was that Li Xilie planned to send people and ships to take out the wealth after crossing the Yangtze River. Chaohu Lake is connected to the Yangtze River through Ruxu River, and shipping is very convenient. The wealth was taken out and carried away without anyone noticing.

According to estimates from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Li Xilie's wealth amounted to more than 10 million guan, including 5 million guan from Jiangnan taxes. This was why Emperor Li Heng was so angry that he wanted to attack Li Xilie.

There are also the two million taels of silver that Li Xilie robbed from the big merchants in Yangzhou, as well as the various wealth he robbed in the Jianghuai and Central Plains areas.

In order to transport this batch of wealth and Wang Zhongsheng's wealth, Li Ye specially prepared hundreds of three thousand stone cargo ships to transport this huge batch of wealth back to Chang'an.

As for Zhang Luanzi, Li Ye gave him an iron plate of immunity, and Zhang Luanzi immediately traveled with several apprentices. Fifty years later, the 110-year-old Zhang Luanzi became enlightened in Hengshan.

Li Ye immediately appointed Jiangxia Prefecture Yin Su Zhen as the reporting envoy to Shannan East Road, Yan Quanming as the reporting envoy to Hedong Road, appointed Wei Zhi, the reporting envoy to Zhejiang Province, as the reporting envoy to Huainan Road, and exempted Bozhou, Sizhou, Shouzhou, and Luzhou from the four prefectures. Three years of tax payment and recuperation.

After issuing a series of appointments in Hefei, Li Ye immediately took a 10,000-stone ship to patrol the south of the Yangtze River, accompanied by 3,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry. The infantry took fifty 5,000-stone ships, and the cavalry followed on horseback on the shore. The team headed to the hinterland of Jiangnan.

The 30,000 troops led by Nan Jiyun and the 15,000 troops led by Navy Deputy Commander Li Chengshi also headed to Jiangnan first.

The last time Li Ye came to Jiangnan was to raise money, he only went to Jiangning and did not go deep into the hinterland. This time, he will go deep into the hinterland of Jiangnan. In addition, according to the plan, he will also go to Quanzhou for inspection.

The fleet went all the way east, entered the Jiangnan Canal from Jingkou of Runzhou, and then continued southward.

At the same moment when Li Ye inspected Jiangnan, the atmosphere in Yuancheng County, Weizhou also became very tense.

The Guanlong Army eliminated three warlords, Wang Zhongsheng, Li Lingyao and Li Xilie, in just one month. It was as violent as a storm and really shocked the other four vassal towns.

Tian Chengsi immediately sent out a hero's note, inviting Zhu Si, the governor of Youzhou, Li Baochen, the governor of Chengde, and Li Zheng, the governor of Ziqing, to come to Yuancheng to discuss countermeasures.

Several other Jiedushi envoys were also deeply worried, and they also sent their confidants to Yuancheng to discuss countermeasures. Zhu Si sent his uncle Zhu Huaiyu, who was responsible for the logistics of Youzhou Jiedushi envoys and won Zhu Si's trust. Can fully represent Zhu Si.

Li Baochen sent his brother Li Baozheng to Yuancheng to attend the meeting. Li Baozheng was also Tian Chengsi's son-in-law and had a very close relationship. In fact, Li Baochen and Tian Chengsi had already formed an alliance. The key now was to bring Li Zhengyi and Zhu Si into the alliance. .

Li Zheng has sent his son Li Na to participate in the alliance meeting. Li Zheng has actually been the most nervous. Judging from Li Ye's expedition route from south to north and from west to east, the next target of Guan Long's army is likely to be him.

Of course, Li Zhengyi hoped that Tian Chengsi would send troops to help when the Guanlong army attacked him, so he tried his best to reach an alliance. After receiving Tian Chengsi's invitation, he was the first to send his son to Yuancheng.

Li Nong stayed in a distinguished hotel in Yuancheng, and the person who accompanied him to Yuancheng was military advisor Jia Shen.

In the study, Jia Shen was giving instructions to Li Na, "Although we are under great pressure, Tian Chengsi's pressure is equally great, that's why he called everyone to discuss an alliance, but Tian Chengsi is very cunning, he must He will ask for money and food as a condition for the alliance between the two parties. The young master must not accept his blackmail and sternly refuse. The alliance is about mutual help between the two parties, not accepting protection from one party. "

Li Na nodded, "My father also reminded me that we are not here to surrender, but to seek cooperation. If Tian Chengsi is unwilling to cooperate, then we would rather fight the court independently."

"That's the truth. Money and food are a trivial matter, but once you pay money and food to Tian Chengsi, you are actually surrendering to him. We will not do this kind of thing that is neither beneficial nor humiliating!"

While they were discussing, an entourage came to report that Wei Wang Tian Chengsi invited the crown prince to the palace to discuss important matters.

Jia Shen repeatedly asked Li Na not to forget what they discussed.

Li Na immediately took a carriage to the Wei Palace to attend the meeting.

Tian Chengsi was previously granted the title of King of Qinghe County by the Emperor Li Heng, and the palace could not exceed fifty acres. However, last year, Tian Chengsi was promoted to King of Wei without authorization, and he carried out large-scale construction to build the Palace of Wei, covering an area of ​​500 acres. The harem is filled with beautiful girls from good families.

Although Tian Chengsi did not ascend the throne and proclaimed himself emperor on the surface, his appearance was no different from that of an emperor.

But just last month, Li Ye forcibly abolished the title of Qinghe County Prince of Tian Chengsi, and also abolished the titles of the other three vassal towns.

Of course, the imperial court's abolition of titles was of no use to them, and they ignored it. Last year, when Tian Chengsi proclaimed himself King of Wei, Zhu Si also proclaimed himself King of Yan, Li Baochen proclaimed himself King of Zhao, and Li Zheng proclaimed himself King of Lu.

This meant a complete break with the imperial court.

Li Na entered the Wei palace and was invited to the main hall. Wei Wang Tian Chengsi greeted him with a smile, "My dear nephew, we haven't seen you for a long time!"

Li Na quickly knelt down on one knee and saluted, "My nephew is paying homage to my uncle!"

Tian Chengsi helped him up and said with a smile: "You're welcome, how is your father?"

"Reporting to uncle, my father is still in good health?"

"As you get older, your health is the most important thing. Let your father take good care of your body."

"Thank you uncle for your concern. My nephew will definitely tell his father when he gets back."

Jia Shen also came forward to meet Li. Tian Chengsi nodded and led the two of them to the palace.

Entering the side hall, the two parties took their seats respectively. Behind Tian Chengsi stood his eldest son Tian Wei and nephew Tian Yue.

The eldest son Tian Wei is currently named the Crown Prince of Wei. Tian Yue is only in his early twenties, but he is highly skilled in martial arts, brave and good at fighting. Tian Chengsi loves him very much and makes him the general on the left, while the general on the right is the crown prince Tian Wei.

In other words, Tian Yue's current status is second only to the crown prince Tian Wei, and he has the second right of inheritance.

Although Tian Chengsi liked his nephew very much, he still designated his eldest son as his heir. There was still no comparison between his nephew and his son.

Tian Chengsi said to Li Na: "The intention of the Guanlong Army in using troops is very obvious, to open up the waterways south of the Yangtze River and unify the Central Plains. Therefore, Li Xilie was destroyed, Jing and Xiang Laigui were collected, and the army was also collected. Now the entire Central Plains has been collected and annihilated. After annihilation, only your group is left. We all believe that the Guanlong Army will definitely attack the Ziqing Army next."

Li Na leaned forward and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for reminding us. We are also actively preparing for war, and we will definitely fight to the death with the Guanlong Army."

Tian Chengsi sighed slightly: "It is unrealistic for just one family to fight against the Guan Long Army!"

Both sides are still testing the waters and are unwilling to take the initiative to propose an alliance. Once they take the initiative and reveal their eagerness, they will become passive in the subsequent negotiations.

But Li Na still couldn't help it. After all, he was afraid of being abandoned by the three families, so Li Na could only take the initiative. He pondered for a moment and said: "Since the prince has invited us to come over to discuss important matters this time, we suggest that everyone be honest!"

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[My mother is not in good health these days, and Lao Gao has been taking care of her. Sometimes I can only update two chapters. I'm sorry! Three chapters will be resumed tomorrow. 】