The Great Wei Music Bureau

Last time, we talked about how Li Yi was blocked in an alley by a Mohist assassin, and learned a piece of information that made him very angry: there was a Mohist spy in the Exiled Immortal Tower. So, can Li Yi get through this safely? Let's wait and see.

Li Yi wanted to get more information, so he said, "If that's the case, I really can't escape death. But before I die, I wonder if you can tell me how you found out all this."

"Li Yi, do you think we are fools? Prepare to die!" After saying that, the four men shot arrows at the same time, but Li Yi did not move at all. The four arrows only broke the golden bell cover set up by Li Yi on the outside and fell to the ground.

At this moment, the curtain of the carriage at the entrance of the alley was suddenly pulled open, revealing a powerful crossbow inside with the bowstring fully drawn. On the string was a long, pure black arrow, which should be made of the same material as the small arrows just now. There was no time to react, and the arrow had already flown in front of Li Yi!

Li Yi shouted in his heart: It’s over!

When he opened his tightly closed eyes again, he saw a familiar figure standing in front of him, and the black arrow was deeply embedded in the ground.

"Brother Long!" Li Yi exclaimed, "Why are you here?"

Dugu Long smiled and said, "What a coincidence. The Black Warrior Battalion lost a crossbow a while ago. I was in charge of investigating it. I happened to find out its whereabouts. I wanted to follow the clues to find out what they were going to do with it, but I didn't expect that they were going to use it against you."

Seeing Dugu Long appear, the men turned around and tried to run, but they only heard a loud voice in the air, "Draw a line on the ground to make a prison!"

The four gray-robed assassins and the black-robed man in the carriage were all enveloped by the purple light and could not escape. Another voice came from the air: "Don't commit suicide!"

The assassins stood there in a daze. A voice was heard in the air again, and Li Yi recognized it as Tao Zhongwen's voice. "General Dugu, these people are now in your hands. The future of the Mohist faction will be decided by His Majesty. Don't alert the enemy yet, and try to find out as much as possible."

Dugu Long clasped his fists and bowed in the direction of Junzi Pavilion, saying, "Thank you, Master Shuide, for your help. I understand."

"Li Yi, why don't you come to the Gentleman Pavilion to see me!" Li Yi saluted and said, "Junior will go right away!" With only a hum, the sound in the air disappeared.

Li Yi was confused. After talking to Shiyu yesterday, he just asked someone to send a letter to Junzi Pavilion. The letter only said that the Mo family had a relationship with the Yuwen family and became the assassination tool of the Yuwen family. He planned to use himself as bait to lure the Mo family's assassin to appear again and find out more information.

But today, Tao Zhongwen said that the fate of the Mohist sect would be decided by His Majesty. Has this been discussed with His Majesty? He intends to attack the Mohist sect, and it seems that he has already mastered a lot of things! Dugu Long waved his hand, and several black-armored soldiers tied up the secret agents, sealed their meridians, and took them away.

Dugu Long said to Li Yi, "Brother Li, you have too little combat experience. You could have defended against that arrow just now if you had used all your strength. It's just that you underestimated the enemy! Don't underestimate the Mohists. Not only are the weapons they make incredibly powerful, but their actions are also impeccable. If they hadn't mobilized this crossbow, I wouldn't have found any clues. You can't be so careless in the future. The waters of Shangjing are very deep. Even Master Shuide was plotted against, let alone you."

After saying that, he patted Li Yi on the shoulder, reached out and pulled out the arrow on the ground, and turned to leave. Li Yi exhaled a breath of turbid air, straightened his clothes, and went to the Gentleman's Pavilion. Not long after, Li Yi and Tao Zhongwen sat opposite each other in the Gentleman's Pavilion and drank tea. Li Yi asked Tao Zhongwen how he knew where he was and helped him in time, and that Dugu Long's appearance was too coincidental.

Tao Zhongwen explained everything to Li Yi with a smile. On the surface, the Exiled Immortal Tower was a tool for Emperor Tuoba Jun to make money, but in fact it was not only for making money. It was also an intelligence agency set up by Old Silver Coin in Shangjing. It was also he who revealed the news of the Mohist theft of the crossbow to Dugu Long. Not only Dugu Long, but even the appearance of Nangong Xue the day before was conveyed by him, so all this was within his calculations.

Knowing this, Li Yi was even more certain that the nickname he gave Tao Zhongwen was correct. This guy was truly an old silver coin! And he had long wanted to take action against the Mohist school!

Tao Zhongwen: "What do you think about the Mohist school? You should talk about it from the perspective of justice, not personal vengeance."

Li Yi: "Sir, do you know the origin of the Mohist school?"

Tao Zhongwen: "Love all, do not attack, respect the virtuous, and be frugal."

Li Yi: "There is nothing wrong with the original intention, but later generations lost their original intention and turned into a dark shadow."

Tao Zhongwen: "Just tell me your ideas, and I will give them as a reference for discussion with Your Majesty."

Li Yi: "At present, your majesty has just secured his throne, but power is dispersed. In my opinion, if the imperial power is to be consolidated, the power of the four major families must be weakened. To achieve this goal, the Mohist School can be of some use."

Tao Zhongwen: "Oh? What's the use?"

Li Yi: "You can use them to gather intelligence, plot to kill the enemy, or do evil things in secret."

Tao Zhongwen: "Hahaha, you are so smart to let the Mohists do all these evil things! If this happens, won't the Mohists have to bear the blame?"

Li Yi: "Infamy? That depends on who holds the sword. If it is held by you, it will definitely not work. But if it is held by your majesty, where will the infamy come from?"

Tao Zhongwen: "Are you saying that His Majesty should take control of the Mohist school?"

Li Yi: "Establish the Xuanjing Division, gather the disciples of the Mohist School, educate them to find their true nature, and cultivate them into your Majesty's eyes and ears with the principles of universal love, non-aggression, respect for the virtuous, and frugality. Of course, when necessary, they can also be used to do things that are not convenient to bring to the table."

Tao Zhongwen: "It's not convenient to bring it up publicly? How can you say that? How can you say that? This is not what a gentleman does."

Li Yi: "A gentleman has his own way of doing things and his own way of not doing things. For the sake of the Great Wei, the people of the world, and the unification of the nine states, conspiracies and tricks are inevitable. Sir, don't you know this better than me? You are the master of the Confucian way of trickery. In this world, there are always many places where light cannot reach, and where there is light, there is shadow. Since it cannot be avoided, it is better to hold the shadow in your own hands. I know that doing so will cause a lot of trouble, but it is an effective method."

Tao Zhongwen: "That's a good point, but I'm afraid it's not that easy to implement."

Li Yi: "Nothing is easy in this world. If you want to establish a unified dynasty, the stability of the imperial power is a necessary condition, so we must stabilize the imperial power first, and then slowly solve the troubles later. When the imperial power is stable, the Xuanjing Division can be abolished, or it can be diverted to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Justice."

Tao Zhongwen: "Have you even thought of a backup plan? Xiuyuan, when do you plan to serve as an official in the court?"

Li Yi: "Cultivate yourself, manage your family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world. I have already broken through the realm of self-cultivation, and now I am managing my family. I will talk about governing the country after I have established my family!"

Tao Zhongwen: "What a joke! You can manage the country and the family at the same time!"

Li Yi: "I'm not in a hurry, take your time! There are so many beauties in this world, and I've only seen a few!"

Tao Zhongwen: "Humph! If you are lustful, just say you are lustful!"

Li Yi: "A gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way, a gentleman loves sex and gets it in a mysterious way. I am a sex lover, but we are both in love, so what's wrong with that?"

Tao Zhongwen: "Forget it, tell me more about the establishment of the Xuanjing Division! What is the meaning of this Xuanjing?"

Li Yi: "Using bronze as a mirror, one can correct one's attire; using history as a mirror, one can understand the rise and fall; using people as a mirror, one can understand gains and losses. The Hanging Mirror Office takes this idea into consideration. Using bronze and history as a mirror, one can reflect one's true self in the mirror and reflect on oneself from time to time."

After Li Yi finished speaking, the rising purple air was slowly collected into his palm. Tao Zhongwen clapped his hands and laughed after hearing this.

Tao Zhongwen: "Great! What a great Xuan Jing Si! Xiu Yuan, I really didn't misjudge you! I wanted to take this opportunity to remove the Mohist School from the Confucianism and Taoism system, and then settle accounts. I heard your idea, it's really great! Let me discuss with His Majesty to see if this is feasible!"

Li Yi: "Even if it is feasible, if you want to subdue the Mohist family, you have to draw blood from the Yuwen family. I guess the Mohist family must have done a lot of shameful things for the Yuwen family. This matter may not be so easy, so you have to think about it carefully."

Tao Zhongwen: "If they didn't do enough bad things, I would find it difficult to deal with them. On the contrary, if they did more bad things, it would be easier to deal with them! I will personally interrogate those Mohist secret agents to see how much they know. I will use these things to talk to the Yuwen family. If they are unwilling to hand over the Mohist family, then we will settle accounts with both of them. If they are willing, then we will let bygones be bygones."

Li Yi: "Sir, aren't you afraid that your question might lead to something serious?"

Tao Zhongwen: "The bigger the better, it would be best if it could be related to the death of your majesty's brother. Your majesty has always respected his brother, and can even be said to have admired him. As a result, God is jealous of his talent, and Tuoba Hong died young. At that time, I felt that there was a shadow of the Yuwen family in this, but I had no basis for it.

Later, when I persuaded His Majesty to seize the throne, I also persuaded him by using the reason of revenge for his brother. You can imagine how much impact his brother's death had on His Majesty. If I could really get something out of him, it would just strengthen His Majesty's determination to eliminate the family power."

Li Yi: "Then is the death of your majesty's brother really related to the Yuwen family?"

Tao Zhongwen: "It's okay to tell you about it. After all, it's an old story. At that time, the late emperor was too old to lead the army, so Tuoba Hong, the then crown prince, asked for permission to go to the army. He was my most proud disciple, and he did not disappoint the people of Wei. He quickly recovered the lost territory. He even captured the capital of Han without bloodshed. His reputation was so great that the late emperor almost gave up the throne early.

However, during that war, the Yuwen family was in the rear, and when Tuoba Hong asked for merit for the soldiers, the Yuwen family did not get any benefit, which made Yuwen Zheng, the head of the Yuwen family at the time, very dissatisfied. He complained to the late emperor, saying that the Yuwen family was preparing food and supplies in the rear, and that even if they did not make any merit, they had worked hard, and he also said some sarcastic words in front of the late emperor.

Li Yi: "Has the Yuwen family really prepared food and military supplies?"

Tao Zhongwen: "Preparation? They just didn't cause any trouble. I personally supervised all the work in the rear! In the second half of the war, they saw the hope of victory and took the initiative to offer to reward the troops and give out money as military expenses. How obvious is their calculation?"

Li Yi: "I see. Then how did the late emperor appease the Yuwen family?"

Tao Zhongwen: "How else can I appease him? How do you think Yuwen Zheng got the position of Minister of Revenue? I can tolerate all these, but because of this incident, the Yuwen family and Tuoba Hong had a rift, and they tried their best to prevent the late emperor from giving up the throne early, and secretly supported the fifth prince Tuoba Fei.

It was a strange thing to say. Two years after Tuoba Hong returned victoriously, his old injury recurred and he died in less than half a year. From then on, the struggle for the throne began. In the struggle for the throne, the Yuwen family had always supported Tuoba Fei. It was also when they saw that Your Majesty was on the verge of victory that they switched sides to Your Majesty. "

Li Yi: "So, the Yuwen family has always been indecisive and has no integrity at all."

Tao Zhongwen: "Humph, the Yuwen family was originally a merchant family, they only care about profit, how can they have integrity! Among the four major families, the Yuwen family is the one I hate the most! If your majesty is determined to eliminate the cancer, the Yuwen family will be the first to bear the brunt! They not only control the money and grain taxes of the court, but also control many official workshops, such as the Military Equipment Bureau and the Weaving Bureau! These termites of the Yuwen family have been gnawing at the flesh and blood of the Wei Dynasty!"

Li Yi: "I can't believe that His Majesty the Emperor doesn't even hold the financial power of the Wei Dynasty. This is definitely not acceptable. The position of the Minister of Finance must be held by His Majesty's confidant! Doesn't His Majesty understand this? As an emperor, the power of military power, financial power, and the power to appoint officials must be firmly in his hands!

It seems that the current emperor is not sitting on the throne in a stable position! The military power is shared by the Dugu and Nangong families, and the financial power is controlled by the Yuwen family. The only power left in his hands is the power to appoint officials, but he is constrained in every way! This emperor is so cowardly!"