For more than half a year, Di Xin has been making his own preparations in northern Xinjiang. Although he does not care about the affairs of the capital at all, he does not pay much attention to them.
A native of the Ancient Moon Realm, relying only on suspicion and some specious evidence, was able to break his decades-old worldview and prepare to judge that someone from another world had occupied the body and identity of the Ancient Moon Realm person.
Even though such a person is still limited by what Gu Yuejie knows in most cases, if he is underestimated because of this, he will only suffer the loss.
After the old emperor took charge, Di Xin already understood that he did not need to worry about matters in the capital for the time being.
Allies are meant to help each other, rather than one party relying on the other.
If they didn't have this trust in each other's abilities, there would be no need for them to form an alliance.
And what Di Xin wanted was not that the old emperor alone could dismantle the power of becoming a king, but that they could check and balance each other.
What we are waiting for now is for the old emperor to re-establish his power.
Lying on the sickbed for many years, even though the old emperor's prestige is still there, it is inevitable that he will still be affected to a certain extent. With King Cheng's current prestige, if the old emperor wants to depose him directly, it is very likely that he will provoke the ministers.
indignant.
Even in a feudal dynasty where imperial power was supreme, the court was not a family affair.
The price of being willful is shooting yourself in the foot.
Marshal's Mansion, inside the study.
Zeng Hong stroked his beard deeply and asked: "...Is this what His Highness said we only owe the 'East Wind'?"
Emperor Xin nodded. There was no allusion about straw boats borrowing arrows in the ancient moon world, but it did not prevent Zeng Hongshen from understanding the meaning of the saying that everything is ready and all we need is the east wind through his own explanation.
He smiled and said: "Leading the army to serve the king is just a bad idea."
"If we make a move here, there is no chance that King Cheng will choose to make a desperate move after being stimulated. If the capital is used as the battlefield, no matter who wins or loses, it will be a disaster for Dali."
Zeng Hongshen thought of the time when he was the leader of the rebel army more than 30 years ago, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "In the end of the war, the most harmed are the innocent people."
"yes!"
Di Xin also sighed.
It was one thing for the old emperor to provide help after he took charge, but if he didn't want to increase the number of crimes, why would he have to wait for more than a year.
Although the Ancient Moon Realm is not under his rule, the people here are still part of the human race.
In order to achieve a great cause, he will not be kind to women, but if there are unnecessary casualties, as the human emperor, he will naturally try his best to avoid them.
In the past few years, including the Turks, Goguryeo and Uighurs that he had destroyed, the lives of the civilians in Dali were very good.
Although they are inevitably subject to some discrimination because of their previous status, whether in northern Xinjiang or the eastern border, these people who are originally foreigners at least do not have to worry about food shortages in winter as in previous years.
As long as they are not lazy, the land allocated by the government is enough to keep them fed and clothed.
Even though the journey ahead is inevitable, Di Xin will try his best to avoid unnecessary killings at all times.
After withdrawing his thoughts, Di Xin looked at Zeng Hongshen and said, "How is the investigation going?"
"That thing?"
Zeng Hong was stunned for a moment and then reacted.
He held his beard and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, Mr. Pu is watching secretly, and everything is under control!"
"very good."
Emperor Xin nodded and said: "Tell Mr. Pu to be careful and not to be noticed."
Zeng Hong nodded deeply, and then asked with some confusion: "Your Highness, why don't you let me take action to deal with them?"
"Old man and Pu Gong join forces to make it impossible for them to come back."
"It's easy to hide from an open gun and hard to defend against a hidden arrow."
Di Xin shook his head and said: "It's easy to deal with those people, but this matter doesn't end just by dealing with those few people."
"We can pull out the intelligence network established by Mingyue Tower in northern Xinjiang for the first time, or we can pull it out for the second time, but the more times we do it, the more we will inevitably make mistakes."
"In that case, it's better to let them be under our control from the beginning."
Di Xin chuckled softly and said: "Control the speed of their expansion, and occasionally send out a few true or false information. Maybe it will help us confuse the sight of the capital in the end."
Zeng Hongshen raised his hand and said, "Your Highness has great foresight."
Di Xin waved his hand gently and said modestly: "It's just a plan. Who would let..."
The smile on his lips became more and more obvious.
"Who asked my good brother to choose such a wonderful person?"
It's not a coincidence.
Ever since the intelligence network related to Mingyue Tower in Northern Xinjiang was uprooted with the help of Zhao Quanyou, Di Xin has been on guard against this aspect.
He can let people from other forces plant a few secrets in northern Xinjiang.
And even if he gathered all the power of the Northern Territory, he really would not be able to find out all the secrets of all the forces.
But this does not affect anything. The capital also has its secrets. This is an unspoken rule that all forces acquiesce in and no one has the ability to break.
However, he could not allow one force, especially Mingyue Tower under King Cheng, to establish a dense intelligence network in northern Xinjiang.
This also led to repeated obstacles in Mingyuelou's subsequent actions to rebuild the intelligence network in northern Xinjiang.
Even after Emperor Xin's triumphal return and after handling military matters, this was the first thing he paid attention to.
As a result, the Mingyue Tower stronghold in northern Xinjiang was exposed.
It's not that the secret agent of Mingyue Tower acted carelessly, but because the person in charge of the stronghold thrown out by Di Xin was none other than the Mingyue Tower God who replaced Zhao Quanyou as the new shopkeeper in the Mingyue Tower Restaurant in the capital.
make.
This can be regarded as an unexpected gain brought about by Di Xin deliberately hiding his identity when he met Song Qianwei.
No one could have thought that the useless person in front of him, His Highness Prince Yu, whose foundation was completely destroyed, was the master who successfully rescued Song Qianwei in the hands of a group of second-level experts.
He was just an ordinary second-level strongman. As long as Zeng Hongshen, who was following Di Xin at the time, took action, there would be no way for him to survive.
As for those secret disciples in the stronghold who are just acquired martial arts cultivators at most, they will naturally not be able to achieve success.
But after realizing this, Di Xin did not send anyone to pull out this new stronghold.
Previously, if he wanted to prevent Mingyue Tower from establishing a new intelligence network in northern Xinjiang, he could only rely on the information provided by Zhao Quanyou and the experience of the previous operation, but these are all outdated after all, and Mingyue Tower has also made corresponding adjustments.
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It cannot be said that previous experience is useless, but omissions are always inevitable.
This new stronghold discovered by Di Xin is evidence. If it is left alone, it may really succeed one day.
But now, since he already has a ready-made goal, why should Di Xin sacrifice the near and seek the far?