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Chapter 672 Quan Wanji was beaten

Li Yan ignored the joy in Wang Xuance's eyes and instructed: "Please note that every member of the Jinyiwei is very valuable. Their duties are to gather intelligence and monitor targets, not to kill the enemy."

"You have to be willing to spend money to build relationships, let them get as close to those generals as possible, just as eyes and ears, unconditionally cater to the goal to gain trust, and don't worry about anything else. Even if those people want to rebel with ulterior motives, you have to follow their advice and then send the intelligence back."

"Also, many of these members are scouts transferred back from several prefectures in the border areas. Be careful to stagger their original service locations. For example, transfer those from Jingzhou to Yunzhong, those from Yunzhong to Mayi, and those from Mayi to Lingzhou. Don't let them run into acquaintances."

"Finally, we must enforce strict discipline and tell them that those who are sent to our army will receive generous compensation if they die. There is no need to worry about their families and children, as the Imperial Guards will take care of them. The children will be sent to the Eastern Palace to accompany them. However, anyone who reveals their identity and betrays the Imperial Guards will be executed directly, and their families and children will be exiled to the border. In serious cases, the entire clan may be exterminated."

Li Yan's last sentence seemed to carry a cold murderous aura, which made Wang Xuance's heart shudder and he raised the importance of keeping secrets several levels.

He quickly agreed, "Yes, Your Highness!"

Li Yan had no choice. For an intelligence agency like Jinyiwei, confidentiality and security are the top priorities.

The security of the Tang Dynasty is related to this. These secret agents have strong autonomy, but the departments cannot supervise them effectively like normal offices. These secret agents have great power. Sometimes a single word can decide the life or death of a general. They cannot be restrained or controlled by interests alone.

This thing is as powerful as a mushroom bomb, but once it gets out of control, its destructive power is also terrifying.

Only by relying on stricter internal discipline and strict laws can they restrain each member. Every member must be selected from a clean family background with a family to restrain them, limit their behavior, and ensure their loyalty and reliability to the Jinyiwei.

Li Yan is not a ruthless person by nature, but politics is not about treating people to a meal, and the safety of the Tang Dynasty is no joke. It concerns the well-being of countless people and the stability of the country.

If you are too soft-hearted, you will end up harming the court, the Imperial Guards, and ultimately yourself.

Li Yan had no choice but to harden his heart and formulate harsh and bloody internal disciplines in accordance with the situation of the times, so that everyone would be intimidated and dare not overstep the line, and would act cautiously, which would actually protect them.

Just like running a red light, the government is considerate of the people crossing the road, so it allows vehicles to compensate some, but pedestrians, on the contrary, are fearless and think that no matter whether they are right or not, they are the weaker ones and if you hit them, they have to pay the price. In the end, more and more people don't care about traffic lights.

However, if the law is strictly followed, people who run red lights will not only bear their own losses, but also have to compensate for the losses of normal vehicles. This treatment seems ruthless. But when everyone knows that they are responsible for their own losses and consciously obey traffic lights, there will be fewer people who run red lights, and naturally fewer accidents.

Tolerance is not necessarily a blessing, and strictness is not necessarily a disaster!
The Palace of King Shu!

Quan Wanji had a black eye and half of his face was swollen. He didn't know who hit him.

He entered the palace in a hurry and went straight to the pavilion on the waterside in the backyard. Li Ke was fishing alone with a fishing rod. He looked solemn and frowned. He did not feel the joy of the 5,000 imperial guards of Zuotunwei at all.

Quan Wanji came to Li Ke and bowed, looking anxious and said, "Your Highness, I followed your instructions and visited Duke Lu to recommend several noble family children who had come to join the army to Cheng Yaojin. But he said that he might not be able to bring so many people to Dingxiang, and the target was too big. If people objected, let them go to Dingxiang to join the army on their own."

Li Ke frowned. Cheng Yaojin's attitude was not right. Could it be that Huai Liang was gone and the old man wanted to change his mind?

Li Ke stared at the water and did not notice the injuries on Quan Wanji's face.

Quan Wanji stroked his face with his hand. Seeing that Li Ke didn't even look at him, he felt a little dissatisfied. But thinking of his job, he didn't wait for Li Ke to ask, and regardless of the pain on his face, he said gloomily, "But I heard that Cheng Yaojin went to the East Palace in person yesterday morning."

"He also sent his youngest son Cheng Huaibi to be the prince's tutor. I heard that this old man also accepted the prince's request and took the prince's guard Xue Rengui to his side. He will take him to Dingxiang tomorrow."

"What."

Li Ke was furious. He stood up and slammed the fishing rod in his hand to the ground. He stared at Quan Wanji like an angry lion, as if Quan Wanji was the damned Cheng Yaojin, which made Quan Wanji a little scared. "Damn it, so Cheng Yaojin really joined the East Palace and wants to go against me?"

Quan Wanji was also shocked, and sighed at the prince's powerful skills. He quietly put Cheng Yaojin in his pocket, and the new commander-in-chief of Dingxiang Road was the most powerful person in the border town where the frontier and grassland are thousands of miles apart.

While he was secretly happy, he also had to pretend to be indignant and share the same hatred for Li Ke.

"Your Highness, it seems that even if Cheng Yaojin has not completely surrendered, his attitude is very clear. He is getting closer to the Crown Prince and distancing himself from Your Highness."

Li Ke said with infinite regret and heartache: "I didn't expect that Huai Liang's departure would cause such a great loss. If it was the loss of Cheng Yaojin, I could still bear it, but the court is about to go to the Northern Expedition, and the position of Dingxiang Road Marching General Manager, which is the most important logistics base, is really an unbearable burden."

Li Ke thought of the large number of generals in Dingxiang and the huge military group after the war, and was immediately furious. He said irrationally: "Could it be that Cheng Yaojin has forgotten what happened in the ninth year of Wude and thinks he can still live in peace with the prince?"

"Your Highness!" Quan Wanji shouted loudly when he saw that Li Ke was so angry that he could not say anything.

Li Ke was startled, then quickly came to his senses and looked around vigilantly. Fortunately, the view here was open and there were no outsiders.

His heart was beating fast. He was really blinded by anger. If the matter was exposed, he would be doomed even if Cheng Yaojin was still alive. Moreover, using such a matter to threaten Cheng Yaojin, a general on the front line, would only make him hate him more. He might even kill him to silence him.

After Cheng Huailiang's death, although Li Ke was not welcome in the Cheng Mansion, he was not too worried that Cheng Yaojin would abandon him and join the prince, because the events of the ninth year of Wude had already tied the two of them together. Once the prince knew the truth, he would never forgive him.

Therefore, Li Ke was not worried at all. He always thought that Cheng Yaojin might be angry with him for the loss of his own flesh and blood. After a long time, when the situation had changed, he could win him over.

Thinking that Cheng Yaojin had no way out and could not escape, Li Ke recommended Yuchi Gong for the position of commander-in-chief of the Dingxiang Road army without hesitation, and did not even reveal the news to Cheng Yaojin. However, he did not expect that in the end, all his efforts would be in vain.

Instead, it accelerated Cheng Yaojin's departure. But why didn't he join Prince of Wei Li Tai, but instead joined the crown prince who was his mortal enemy? This puzzled Li Ke.
After slowly calming down, he noticed Quan Wanji with panda eyes and asked in surprise, "It's okay if he rejected you, but he didn't have to beat you up, right? After all, you are a seventh-rank official of the Luhong Temple and represent me. Why is he so angry? I, the victim, haven't lost my temper yet?"

"Your Majesty, this injury of mine was not caused by Duke Lu."

Before Li Ke could ask, Quan Wanji explained, "After going to Duke Lu's house, I thought about the prince's instructions and went to Duke E's house, Yuchi Jingde, to explain the Dingxiang Road incident to him on behalf of the prince. I didn't expect that Duke E was still furious after a day, and he caught me and beat me without saying a word."

"If his three sons hadn't tried their best to hold him back, I would have been beaten to death by him. This man is really hot-tempered and lawless. While beating me, he kept saying that Your Highness is really a good-mouthed person who can do nothing and is a worthless person who dares to play tricks on him."

"He has embarrassed me. I will make you pay the next time I get the chance."

Quan Wanji exaggerated his dissatisfaction with Yuchi Gong and Li Ke, and unscrupulously tried to sow discord between them.

Li Ke was choked when he heard this, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly. Duke E was honest and straightforward, like a child. He dared to talk about and despise people like Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji casually, not to mention himself. Even his father couldn't do anything to him.
I didn't expect that I would accidentally offend such a person because of my momentary confusion. Who knows, the next time he sees me, he might embarrass me on the spot.

For a moment, Li Ke could not take care of Cheng Yaojin's affairs. He asked with a headache, "Wan Ji, Yuchi Gong's personality is like this. He is fiery and can't hide anything. What do you think we should do? Next time we go to court, I can't hide from him, can I?"

Seeing that Li Ke didn't care about his injury at all, Quan Wanji felt even more disappointed. He frowned, thought for a while, and then suggested: "Your Highness, I'm afraid hiding like this is not a good idea. If the emperor knew about it, he would probably look down on you."

"This Duke of E is impulsive and outspoken. He has a very bad reputation in the court and many people dislike him. Why don't you find an opportunity, or let Lord Cen find an opportunity, to advise the emperor to send him to a local position. This way, I guarantee that the important officials in the prime minister's office will agree with it."

"However, it would be better to send him to the south. There are frequent wars in the north, and there are many opportunities for fighting. It won't be long before, with his bravery, he will probably make great contributions and be promoted higher. The south is densely networked with waterways, and he, a brave general from the north, can't display his abilities. Once he is trapped, he may not be able to get out for ten or eight years, so there is no need to worry about him making great contributions."

(End of this chapter)