In the royal study room of the imperial palace, Li Yunlong, who had already changed into a dragon robe, was thinking about how to win people's hearts next.
He knew very well in his heart that the civil and military officials recognized that he ascended the throne as emperor and inherited the great treasure because of his coercion. Li Yunlong knew very well how many civil and military people in the dynasty truly relied on him.
It can be said to be minimal.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to kill all these civil and military officials now. Li Baiyu knows that governing the world requires the assistance of civil and military officials, and Li Yunlong also knows it in his heart.
Is a court without hundreds of civil and military officials still called a court? Is a throne with only one person still called a throne?
Li Yunlong thought very clearly that now he must rely on these old ministers left by Li Baiyu to slowly stabilize people's hearts. After he has secured his position, he will change his blood bit by bit and replace all the civil and military officials with people he can trust.
Then some newcomers who did not have much affection for the late emperor Li Baiyu were added to the court.
Until the end, all the people in the court were loyal to him.
At that time, your throne will be completely secure.
However, all this takes time.
But will the brother-in-law outside the city give him time? Thinking of the conversation on the city wall, Li Yunlong's heart was filled with anger. At this moment, he didn't know that Liu Mingzhi was an incompetent guy.
Li Yunlong, who was thinking about how to deal with Liu Mingzhi, saw Li Xiao walking in with a fearful expression.
Seeing Li Xiao's expression, Li Yunlong had a vague premonition in his heart. He looked at Li Xiao quietly and Li Yunlong breathed a sigh of relief.
"How? How did Liu Mingzhi reply?"
"this"
Li Xiao looked at Li Yunlong hesitantly, thinking whether he should sort out what Mr. Liu said and report it to Li Yunlong, or whether he should copy the original words to Li Yunlong.
When Li Yunlong saw Li Xiao's hesitant expression, he didn't know that the result would be unsatisfactory.
"Speak confidently and boldly. You can say whatever Liu Mingzhi says. I will pardon your innocence."
"Yes!"
"Dingguo Gong said"
As Li Xiao spoke more and more, Li Yunlong's face became more and more gloomy, and his arms holding on to the dragon chair began to tremble, which clearly showed how furious Li Yunlong was.
After listening to Li Xiao's words, Li Yunlong angrily smashed the delicate teacup in his hand to pieces. The teacup flowed all over the floor and soaked into the cracks of the bricks.
"Your Majesty, forgive me. These are the exact words of Duke Dingguo. I definitely did not add any extra words to my words."
Seeing Li Yunlong getting furious, Li Xiao was frightened and hurriedly knelt down on one knee, not daring to touch Li Yunlong's brow.
Li Yunlong looked at Li Xiao's panic expression with a complex expression and slowly stood up.
"Liu Mingzhi is going to fight me to the death."
"Does he really want to risk the disapproval of the world and choose to live with me rather than live in ruins?"
"I really regret not sending more manpower to remove it completely. It's too late to say anything now."
"If you let the tiger return to the mountain, there will be endless troubles."
Li Yunlong's aide Lu Gongwang walked up to Li Yunlong with an ugly expression: "Your Majesty, what should we do now? I see that Duke Ding is determined to fight against you to the end!"
"It is impossible to use his relatives to threaten him into submission. Liu Zhi'an has too many masters around him."
"After finally capturing his daughter, the little princess of the Jin Kingdom was rescued by Monk Fang Zhenghui from the Dahuguo Temple of the Jin Kingdom."
"I really can't think of any other weaknesses in Liu Mingzhi that would force him to give in due to our threats."
After hearing Lu Gongwang's words, Li Yunlong's eyes became even more gloomy.
"Although I have ascended the throne, I have too few masters under my command. The strength of the black-clothed guards cannot match the Liu Ye of the Liu family."
"The great master would rather die than be loyal to me."
"The spy agent completely disappeared from the palace after his boss committed suicide."
"The officials were forced to give in to me under pressure."
"But with so many people at my disposal, I actually have no one to use."
"If you want to contain Liu Mingzhi, you must start from other aspects. After much thought, I still plan to capture Liu Zhi'an. I don't believe that Liu Mingzhi will ignore his father's life and insist on breaking through the city and fighting me to the death."
Lu Gongwang was startled, and he looked hesitant: "Your Majesty, it's not that easy to take down Liu Zhi'an. We don't have that many masters!"
"Your Majesty will probably never forget what happened that day."
"The seemingly unremarkable Liu Mansion actually contains tens of thousands of kung fu masters."
"With the complex terrain of the capital, it would be unthinkable to invade the Liu Mansion without fifty thousand troops."
"Once one of them escapes, there will be endless troubles."
Li Yunlong stared quietly outside the palace: "Wu Meng, pay a lot of money to recruit martial arts masters from Wu Meng to deal with Liu Zhi'an's younger brother Liu Ye."
"His Majesty, are you talking about the martial alliance that has caused a bloody storm in the world in recent years?"
"That's right! Eighty percent of the world's martial arts masters are affiliated with the martial arts alliance. Think about how many masters there are!"
"As long as we can use them for our own purposes, it will be enough to suppress Liu Zhi'an's younger brother Liu Ye."
"It is a good idea, but the leader of the martial alliance, Shenlong, has never been seen. No one has seen what he looks like."
"I just heard rumors that she is a 28-year-old girl. I don't know if it is true or not."
"But don't worry, Your Majesty. I will try my best to find out their whereabouts and ask the masters of the Black Guards to contact them to see if they can be attached to the court and used by Your Majesty."
"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. I'll try to win over some young and weak-minded courtiers to see if I can make them sincerely join me."
"We should cooperate internally and externally. The throne has been obtained. No matter what, I will not let him throw away from my hands again."
"Your Majesty is wise, I will go and prepare first!"
"Well, be careful along the way!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After Lu Gongwang left, Li Yunlong looked at Li Xiao aside.
"Li Xiao, order the black-clothed guards to issue a sea arrest document in the name of the imperial court, and use all their strength to pursue Concubine He, Concubine Chen, and the four brothers Li Ye."
"Anyone who can provide information will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver. Anyone who can catch any of them will be rewarded with a reward of ten thousand taels of gold."
"We must remove them no matter what and bring back the Imperial Seal."
"Even if you can't bring it back, you must destroy it and don't let others get it. As long as the Imperial Seal is completely gone, the Imperial Seal in my hand is the real Imperial Seal."
"I obey the decree."
"Li Cheng!"
"I'm here!"
"How is the spread about Liu Mingzhi and the little princess of Jin Kingdom going?"
“Everything is expected!”
"That's good. Let's tell the world in the name of the imperial court and completely publicize the secret affair between Liu Mingzhi and the Empress of Jin to treason and surrender to the enemy."
"A decree was sent to all the state capitals, and Liu Mingzhi, the Duke of Ding Kingdom, raised his troops to rebel, intending to cooperate with the female emperor of the Jin Kingdom internally and externally to disrupt our country, Dalong Jiangshan Sheji."
"If there are those who lead troops and horses to Beijing to serve the king in various state capitals, they will be promoted to officials and nobles."
"According to the decree."
Li Yunlong was the only one left in the imperial study. Thinking back again to what Li Xiao had brought back, Li Yunlong gritted his teeth.
"Liu Mingzhi, you were the one who went too far in bullying me. If that's the case, let's wait and see."