The first level of the Emperor's Dao is the heart of a strong man who is determined to be the highest and does not surrender to any existence; the second level of the Emperor's Dao is the heart of a benevolent man who has the world in mind and establishes his life for the people. These two levels of the Emperor's Dao are more like the original requirement of achieving the emperor, and tests the emperor's nature.

In other words, this is the philosophical foundation.

The aura of the third level of the imperial path that Li Ye touched today is more like a method. Theory - the method to achieve imperial career. Theory.

That is, the method used to control the hearts of the people and make the people themselves.

When an emperor achieves great cause, it is naturally not a person fighting alone, but a lot of people working together. And if everyone in the world can follow their own strength, then there will be ghosts if they cannot achieve the imperial cause. Now Li Ye understands clearly how to make the people use it for him.

That is, a method to control the hearts of the people.

To become a qualified emperor, you need to be proficient in many methods, but the method used to make everyone work together for themselves is undoubtedly the most basic. Without the followers of the people, there will be no emperor.

The process of Li Ye killing the leader and obtaining the command of the team is undoubtedly a reflection of the method of controlling the emotions and thoughts of the people.

In Li Ye's consciousness, there is an indescribable void in the darkness. He stood outside the door and saw a dragon pattern on the door, which depicts the map of dragon flying in the nine heavens, and under the dragon pattern, there are countless military and civilians in the thousands of miles of worlds.

Now the dragon body of this door has lit up three nodes, and the door has opened to 30 to 40%.

He tried to walk into the door that shone with dazzling light, and the painting of heavenly secrets at his eyebrows opened silently, and in just one step, he stepped in.

The scene in front of me is very familiar. Under my feet is the five prefectures of Pinglu. Looking north, you can see mountains and rivers, cities and villages scattered, and countless military and civilians the size of ants are distributed among them, just like the northern territory of the Tang Dynasty.

In Li Ye's fairy garden, except for the five prefectures in Pinglu, other areas are transparent.

Now, Li Ye was standing above the northern territory, and with a thought, the dragon energy in his body flew out of his body, soaring in the sky, making a loud whisper.

At the same time, the dragon's energy was as bright as the sun, emitting a dazzling green light, shining on the earth. As soon as those green lights fell onto the territory, the territory was solidified a little.

Countless star dots of different colors gradually appeared on the territory, white, yellow, and red, and were distributed in various places. Dots are connected into lines, and lines are connected into surfaces. Li Ye felt something, and each light dot is an official, army, and civilian who is completely loyal to him.

Among these light spots, some special existences also emit a halo, as if they have the power to affect the dark spots that are not bright around them.

......

Hedong, Taiyuan City.

In the Jiedushi's mansion, Li Zhen was handling government affairs. The documents on the desk were piled up in a hill, and there was more than one, which blocked Li Zhen inside.

When Li Ye left Pinglu, he had appointed Li Zhen as the governor of Hedong. Now he is in charge of all military and political affairs in Hedong.

There are naturally many things to be done when a new land needs to be managed. Li Keyi's remnants of the party must be identified and eliminated, the bandits in the mountains must be eliminated, the tyrants must be abolished, the water conservancy and irrigation facilities must be repaired, and many refugees must be resettled... In particular, the governance measures of Pinglu must be fully implemented in Hedong, and the project is huge.

Before the oil lamp was burned out, the morning light had already passed through the window screen and spread onto the desk. Li Zhen, who was immersed in government affairs, did not immediately notice it. It was not until several maids sent him early and called him several times that he looked up and came to his senses. He realized that it had been another whole night.

Putting down the brush, Li Zhen came to the dining table for dinner.

While serving, the maid from the room advised softly, "Lian Yi is diligent in political affairs. I have no right to say anything more, but Lian Yi should always pity his body. If Lian Yi falls ill, will the political affairs in Hedong be delayed?"

Li Zhen glanced at the maid and smiled slightly, "I'm afraid that it's not that political affairs are delayed, but that some people's affairs are delayed?"

As a Confucian scholar, Li Zhen has long been at the level of a literary master, and is only one step away from Wenzong. Although the cultivation level of a Confucian scholar is not at the level of strong physical strength and outstanding combat power, it really has no effect on not sleeping for a few days.

The maid's eyes touched Li Zhen's teasing smile, and her face immediately turned red to the base of her neck. The other party pointed out the little calculation in her heart in front of her. She was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole in the ground to drill in. But Li Zhen was still looking at her unfairly, which made the maid run away. "Let's eat it yourself, I'll leave!"

As Li Ye's right-hand man, Li Zhen has been busy with political affairs over the years and often stays up all night and has no time to get married. There is no mistress in the house, and there is only a few maids who are "close" to each other.

Although he is a maid, he is also a lady from a scholarly family. He not only knows how to write poetry and books, but also has a common topic to talk about with Li Zhen, but also has a graceful personality and knows how to be considerate and love people.

These were all carefully selected by Li Ye for Li Zhen.

As a qualified lord, Li Ye certainly knows to think more about his arms.

The morning is the time to sit in the Political Affairs Hall. What decrees Li Zhen has to issue, what meetings he holds, or what work he wants to report and ask for instructions are all carried out in the Political Affairs Hall.

After breakfast, Li Zhen arrived at the Political Affairs Hall. At the moment, he was communicating with an official. Suddenly he felt something and looked up at the sky outside the door, his eyes full of vibration.

His vibration was so strong that he left the talking official, flew out of the door, flew up to the roof, stared at the sky to the east, and sensed it carefully.

The more focused he was, the more shocked Li Zhen was. Not only him, but also those Confucian scholars in the official office who had reached the level of scholars, all rushed out of the door and came to the courtyard to watch the east.

"Envoy Lian, what's going on?" The chief of the Jiedushi's office came behind Li Zhen and asked in shock.

"It seems that everyone has sensed it. It was the breath of Your Highness."

Li Zhen was silent for a moment, his eyes showing a thoughtful look, "But strangely, His Highness's breath is filled with a very obvious emperor's aura... His Highness's heroic figure is extraordinary. He had this temperament before, but in the end it is just temperament, but now he can form a breath and release it?"

The chief asked in confusion: "But Your Highness is clearly not in the Tang Dynasty. How could his aura spread thousands of miles away, so that we can all sense it so clearly?"

Li Zhen could not answer this question, he calmed down and closed his eyes to sense it. In a moment, he opened his eyes, and the shock in his eyes became stronger: "I actually... felt that his cultivation level had made great progress in this moment?! It was as if there was a little more power in plain sight, pushing my cultivation level forward..."

As a literary master, Li Zhen’s moral articles are enough to educate the people in a city and make them benevolent and kind. But now he clearly feels that the radiation range of his articles has expanded by 20% at this moment!

The chief minister quickly concentrated his senses and said in a moment: "Haoguan's cultivation has actually improved too?! Xiaguan feels that the power of his article has increased by nearly 20%. What's going on?"

Li Zhen lowered his eyebrows and said solemnly with respect: "It seems that when Your Highness encounters an extraordinary opportunity in the territory of the demon clan, we can benefit from it... It's just that this kind of thing is unheard of. What did Your Highness get?"

After thinking for a while, Li Zhen didn't think of anything.

However, he was the governor of the Jiedushi and knew what to do at this time, so he ordered: "The order: All Confucian scholars among the officials of Taiyuan City will gather in the Zhengshi Hall after an hour. The envoy will have important instructions to convey them! Then, the Confucian scholars among all the officials of Hedong who have a level of cultivation will come to the Jiedushi Mansion to report their duties within half a month!"

The chief minister knew that the matter was of great importance, so he quickly accepted the order.

One hour later, hundreds of officials gathered inside and outside the Political Affairs Hall.

Li Zhen looked around everyone in the main seat: "I believe that an hour ago, everyone sensed the power contained in His Highness's breath, and your cultivation has also increased to varying degrees. This matter is a top secret and cannot be circulated outside the public. Those who leak the secret will be killed!"

"This envoy's order will be limited to one month from now on. You will transfer the government affairs at hand to your colleagues, and each will go to the counties and townships under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan Prefecture to spread the government and preach the people, and promote the name of your benevolence and righteousness. In one month, this envoy will give you the merits of yourselves!"

All the officials bowed to take the order.

When the officials dispersed, Li Zhen was the only one left in the Political Affairs Hall.

He came outside the door, stood under the eaves, looking at the east sky, with a solemn and sacred expression, with a pious look in his eyes: "Your Highness, Chang'an was broken, Your Majesty moved westward to Fengxiang, Zhu Wen captured the surrounding vassal states, which was more powerful than the Central Plains, and the governors of the world, except for the north, were almost all in various battles. The Tang Dynasty was in chaos, and at this time, it was time for Your Highness to establish the achievements of Han Guangwu. He must do his best to govern the local area for Your Highness, educate the people, and strengthen the power of Your Highness!"

......

In the afternoon, Li Zhen drafted a document in Dong Study Room, and the chief secretary came to report: "Envoy Lian, Xu Zengming has arrived."

Li Zhen's eyes sterned and he put down his brush: "Tell him to see him."

Xu Zengming, the head of the Xu family in Daizhou. Daizhou and the northeast border of Hebei are the base camp of the Daibei army. Xu family, the largest aristocratic family in Daizhou. There are not only Taoist sects, Buddhist monks, but also military generals, and even Confucian scholars. The family is of great power and cannot be underestimated.

Most of the Junyans in their clans serve in Daizhou and Dai North Frontier Army. It can be said that 40% of the border defense forces in the northeast of Hebei are in the hands of the Xu family.

Moreover, the Xu family, Daizhou and Hedong all have in-laws, complex strength and huge influence. There are even rumors that several large bandits in the northeast of Hebei have had some contact with the Xu family, and even the grassland tribes have to sell their face.

In a nutshell, the existence of the Xu family is the most troublesome local tyrant. It is not a existence that can simply solve the problem by sending a few great monks to rudely eradicate them.

After Li Zhen was in Hedong, the Xu family had always been the object of headache. The other party was proud of his power and violated his political orders, which was rebellious and difficult to control, and had a very bad influence. It had caused great damage to the majesty of the official office.

Because he had been serving as the governor of Hedong, Li Zhen had not been able to free up his hands before to truly solve the problem of the Xu family.

After a little bit of political work was sorted out a few days ago, he followed the opportunity of Xu Zengming's birthday and sent some gifts to the Xu family, and invited the head of the Xu family to Taiyuan City, preparing to peel off the threads and completely solve the Xu family's problems.

After a moment, a middle-aged man wearing a Confucian shirt but with an iron temperament walked into the door with a tall and dark man.

"The lower-ranking governor Xu Zengming, please pay homage to the envoy Lian!"

"The lower-ranking official, Sima Xu Zengshou, pay homage to the envoy of Lian!"

As soon as the two of them entered the door, they saw Li Zhen who had stood up from the main seat and immediately bowed down to pay their respects.

"You don't have to be too polite, please take your seat." Li Zhen greeted him enthusiastically. The other party behaved properly and bent his waist very low when he bowed his face. He was very gentle and upright, which surprised him a little.

"Xie Lian Envoy." Xu Zengming and Xu Zengshou thanked first, then they lowered their eyebrows and sat down on the chair beside them. From beginning to end, they never looked at Li Zhen, as if they were afraid of his majesty. When they sat down, the two of them did not sit jail, just touched the chair.

"I have heard that there are many heroes of the Xu family. Today, when I see the Chief Shi and Sima, I know that the world is not lying to me." Li Zhen smiled and greeted him. The other party's cautious attitude made him a little confused.

A few days ago, on Xu Zengming's birthday, the official sent by Li Zhen to send gifts back and said that when he met the other party, the people in the Xu family were very arrogant. They didn't say anything about him, and they were angry and arrogant everywhere. When Xu Zengming finally agreed to come to Taiyuan City, his posture seemed to be giving alms, and he seemed to take this opportunity to give Li Zhen a warning.

The official was Li Zhen’s confidant and had an upright nature. Li Zhen knew that he would not lie. So what is the reason for Xu Zengming and Xu Zengshou’s appearance now?

"The envoy Lian is praised. Compared with the envoy Lian and His Highness, the officials and others are just native chickens and tiles." Xu Zengming hurriedly bowed and said in fear and trepidation, even the words "local chickens and tiles" were used.
Chapter completed!