Condescending and Condescending

In a blink of an eye, it was the 26th year of Cheng'an.

As soon as the results of the palace examination were announced, Concubine Xiao started her move, and a boy was born the next day.

When the news came out, both inside and outside the ruling and opposition parties rejoiced.

Of course, Fang Yanqin was also very happy, because he had another reason to climb Qu Xiumo's bed.

Qu Xiumo is also very happy... The fact that the dog emperor crawled on his bed every day does not count...

Because his mother also gave birth to a pair of twin daughters.

At that time, the Great War in the Northern Territory finally started.

King Yong is not stupid, he knows that even if he is rebellious, he must be well-known, otherwise he will not get the support of the people and literati, and even if he succeeds in the future, the history books will label him as a treason.

So he counted the emperor's crimes, including indulging in Taoism, neglecting the government, appointing treacherous ministers, framing loyal and good people, and being cruel... Then he set up a banner of justice for the sky and the people.

Of course, the treacherous ministers he was referring to were Lord Zhen Guo and others.

And Zhongliang is obviously Xiao Dang who was eradicated by the emperor before.

Therefore, Li Qingyu fabricated the rumors about Xiao Jincheng's gaffes while drinking, tortured the officials of the Ministry of Justice to extract confessions, etc., which became the "evidence" for King Yong to attack the court.

Even the officers and soldiers who copied so many gold and silver treasures from the family of the Xiao party members were deliberately framed by the emperor. In fact, the members of the Xiao party members were poorer than each other. Old clothes, but also braided with nose and eyes.

And the emperor hunted and killed Xiao Dang wantonly, killing people from ten clans at every turn became an ironclad proof of his cruelty.

After all, even Qin II and Sui Yangdi, who were handed down in the name of tyrants, were at most nothing more than killing people from the nine clans.

I don't know if Xiao Shoufu knows that King Yong, who used to fight to the death with him, is now praising him like this. Will he be so moved that he comes out of the underworld, and then takes King Yong down with him.

However, Duke Zhen was also prepared.

Don't forget, Xiao Dang and Yong Wang Dang did everything they could to make money back then.

The Xiao Party killed people and set fire to them, and the Yongwang Party withheld military pay, and even resold frontier military equipment to foreigners.

Because of this, the frontier troops in the northern border are not as good as each year, so that foreigners invade the border every year, and the people in the northern border are struggling to survive.

So when King Yong withdrew from the capital, the first thing Lord Zhen Guo did was to order people to check the treasury and collect evidence.

So the first thing Li Qingyu did when he arrived in the north was to spread all these evidences.

All of a sudden, people's grievances arose in the northern border.

So with just this move, King Yong's two years of painstaking efforts in the northern border were all in vain.

But even so, Li Qingyu's progress is still not smooth.

A year passed before he regained half of his lost ground.

Not at all the ruthlessness and efficiency he had when he wiped out the Japanese pirates back then.

You must know that the imperial court chose Li Qingyu to lead the army at the beginning, because they valued his ability to fight swiftly.

After all, 10,000+ soldiers and horses go to war, and the food, grass and military pay alone cost several million taels of silver a year.

If the court hadn't put down the Xiao party before, let alone a few million taels, even a few 10 taels might not be available.

Moreover, the imperial court has just exempted the whole country from taxes for five years, which means that for the next five years, the national treasury will have no income.

Not to mention that they will build roads and embankments across the country in the future, so even if they have money now, they still have to make careful calculations.

Not only that, after Li Qingyu spent a year in the north, the rumors about the cruelty of the current emperor not only did not disappear, but spread more and more widely.

Moreover, in recent months, there have been frequent rumors about Li Qingyu's arrogance and rebellion inside and outside the court, for example, he eats 37 dishes in one meal, one more than the emperor.

For example, when the emperor's imperial decree arrived in the north, instead of kneeling to greet him, he asked the minister who delivered the decree to greet him first according to his rank.

Another example is that he took a lot of concubines in the northern border, and then made a green card for each of them, and slept with the concubine whoever turned the sign every night.

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The most important thing is that he vigorously bribed the officials sent by the imperial court to govern the Northland, and those who refused to obey often "died tragically" under the iron cavalry of the rebels.

Over time, Lord Zhen also gradually realized that something was wrong.

Because at first he only thought that these rumors were deliberately released by King Yong, in order to drive a wedge between the court and Li Qingyu.

It's just that before he sent people to the northern border to investigate carefully, the war in the northern border suddenly became tense again.

King Yong finally embarked on the road of colluding with other races.

Fortunately, the guns in Li Qingyu's hands were powerful enough. After the first battle, the 30 coalition forces of King Yong and Tuhun were beheaded to [-] to [-] on the spot, and even the leaders of King Yong and Tuhun were killed by Dayang Chao. The army was captured alive, and the rest of the army all surrendered.

By the time the good news from this station was delivered to the capital, Li Qingyu had taken advantage of the trend to occupy all the territory of Yuan Tuhun and several small tribes next door to him.

When the news came out, the whole country was shaken.

You must know that since the death of Emperor Taizong, the national power of the Dayang Dynasty has been declining, and in the past few years, it has been reduced to the point where it was bullied by mere Tuhun and Japanese pirates.

It's just that I didn't expect that the situation would be reversed in less than two years.

And the biggest hero is undoubtedly Li Qingyu.

Because of this, on the day when Li Qingyu's class teacher returned to the court, the sick Lord Zhen Guo dragged his sick body and led all the civil and military officials out of the city ten miles to meet him.

All of a sudden, a huge Shilipo banner was unfurled, and there was a lot of voices.

It's just that the only person who came was Zhen Guogong, Li Qingyu looked a little unhappy.

Lord Zhen didn't notice Li Qingyu's expression at all, his face was full of red light: "Well, my greatest wish in life is to expand the territory of the Dayang Dynasty, but I didn't expect that I have fought all my life The wish that was not fulfilled in all battles has finally come true in you."

"Who dares not to say that you are a young talent, you are unparalleled in the world."

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Of course Li Qingyu knew this, so he just said, "Where's the emperor?"

Duke Zhen was also a little helpless: "Long live is retreating."

Otherwise, with Li Qingyu's great contribution, it would not be too much for the emperor to come to greet him personally.

"But don't worry, Long Live said that he will not treat you badly."

Thinking of this, Duke Zhen was very relieved.

Fortunately, Li Qingyu has grown up, otherwise, when he dies, to say something disrespectful, I am afraid that the Dayang Dynasty will be destroyed in the hands of the emperor.

"Ah!"

Li Qingyu looked up in the direction of the palace and smiled coldly.

It really is a fool!

Thinking of the scene where Concubine Xiao Gui broke up with him that day, Li Qingyu's heart couldn't help throbbing.

Then he clenched his fists suddenly, but it didn't matter, he came back again.

Now he is sitting on the northern border and Shandong, with an army of 30 in his hands. He is no longer the Li Qingyu who could only beg for food under the hands of Lord Zhen Guo.

——He procrastinated for so long in the northern border, but it was not precisely to conquer the northern border.

His intuition told Lord Zhen that Li Qingyu was a little different from before, but before he could take a closer look, the originally sunny sky suddenly turned dark, followed by a large cloud of dark clouds gathering in the distance, and then, a The huge lightning bolt smashed down fiercely.

The officials of the Qin Tianjian on the side were all dumbfounded.

After all, they did the divination back and forth three times, and they decided that today would be a fine and sunny day, so they dared to arrange civil and military officials to come out to meet Li Qingyu.

Who would have thought that God, who had been friendly and cooperating with them for decades, would turn his back on him when he said he would turn his back.

But now they couldn't care about anything else, and immediately said: "Duke, General, I'm afraid there will be heavy rain in a while, let's go back to the capital first."

Duke Zhen couldn't care about anything else at the moment: "Then let's go back first."

His health has not been good lately, if there is another heavy rain, it will be even worse.

But what shocked the officials of the Qin Tianjian was still behind, because the thunder in the sky seemed to be free of money, and they smashed down one after another. The sound was so loud that it made people panic.

And as the last thunderbolt fell, the dark clouds dissipated immediately, and the torrential rain stopped in an instant.

Someone obviously realized something, and asked anxiously: "How many mines were hit in total just now?"

Then someone murmured back: "81 ways."

Then their faces changed.

Fang Yanqin didn't leave the customs until the evening.

So he really didn't mean not to meet Li Qingyu.

When he got out of the shower, Qu Xiumo just came back from the outside.

He was furious: "In such a huge northern territory, including Tuhun and three small tribes, the loot is only 30 taels of silver. Who would believe it?"

What Qu Xiumo was talking about was the spoils that Li Qingyu handed over to the treasury.

Today's Qu Xiumo works in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the official worships the fourth-rank inspection and seals Qing Lisi Langzhong.

Fang Yan Qindang even hugged him: "It's okay, no matter how much he is greedy, he will spit it out later."

But Qu Xiumo was not comforted, he said: "Not only that, he also brought back a dozen women."

After speaking, Qu Xiumo took a deep breath.

If it was before, how dare Li Qingyu do such a thing.

Because Zhen Guogong's health is getting worse and worse, Qu Xiumo dare not tell him about it.

Fortunately, when he found out about Li Qingyu's adultery with Concubine Xiao, he asked his mother to trick Lu Qing into Jiangdong, or else he might have gotten into trouble now.

Fang Yanqin had no choice but to kiss the corner of his mouth: "It's not worth being angry about this kind of person."

"Ah."

Qu Xiumo felt a little better.

Then he remembered the business: "You're out of customs, huh?"

Qu Xiumo blinked: "Why do I feel that you are different from before?"

It's like... a little more dusty temperament.

Fang Yanqin also blinked: "Then do you want to study in depth what is different about me?"

Qu Xiumo: "..."

Don't think that you are using a rhetorical tone, I don't know what you said is actually an imperative sentence.

So he wants to take back what he just said.

The dog emperor is the dog emperor, with a dusty temperament?He doesn't deserve it.

But he didn't escape the emperor's clutches either, knowing that the emperor had been in seclusion for more than a month... He said it was impossible for him not to.

After all, how can a courtier deceive the king.

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The next morning, Fang Yanqin went to the morning court for an unprecedented time.

According to Zhen Guogong's intention, Fang Yan conferred Li Qingyu the position of Fu Guogong, and the rest of the generals also received generous rewards.

Li Qingyu looked at the aloof emperor and sneered again.

See, it is also romantic and affectionate. Four years ago, he only went to brothels a few times, and the emperor dared to deprive him of the number one scholar and ruin his future without hesitation.

And four years later, he accepted more than a dozen concubines openly and aboveboard, but the emperor turned a deaf ear to them.

It's just because he now holds power, and even the emperor has to rely on him.

But he didn't want to give the emperor another chance to rely on him.

So Li Qingyu said directly: "Long live Qi, now that the Japanese pirates have been destroyed, the Xiao party has been punished, King Yong and Tuhun have also been defeated. Such a feat has never been seen in ancient times, so I think that long live should go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen to comfort the ancestors." ,world."