"A unified Hebei poses too great a threat to the court, and the emperor will never tolerate such a thing."

"Then fight."

Wu Chuang said in a deep voice: "Even if the court joins hands with Chen Qingzhu and Gao Shancai, its total force is only about 150,000, and its strength is still weaker than us."

Li Congshan said: "This is what I am afraid of. Once the situation develops in that direction, there will be a battle between us and the court."

Wu Chuang heard what Li Congshan meant: "What are you worried about?"

"I am concerned about the whole world. I don't want to harm the people of the world in the end because of my own selfish interests. In that way, I will become a sinner in history."

Li Congshan said: "If I say these words, you may think that I am pretending to be noble, but I can tell you clearly that these are all my words in my heart."

"You mean the Hu tribe, aren't it, the Liao Dynasty?"

“That’s exactly that.”

Li Congshan said in a deep voice: "The Hu tribe was unified and established the Liao Dynasty. After the development of the past few years, there was sufficient food and supplies, and more than 500,000 armored men were already extremely powerful. If they launched an attack now, I would not be worried about anything. Although the court declined, in terms of its current strength, it would at least have the power to fight with the Liao Dynasty. I am afraid that the Hu people will be clear-headed and able to bear it. When we have chaos within us, we will launch an attack. At that time, the country will be destroyed and the people will suffer..."

After saying this, Li Congshan sighed again and shook his head.

Wu Chuang looked at Li Congshan and remained silent. He understood the other party's thoughts. Once the land of Youzhou was annexed, Li Conggu's ambition would definitely surge. He would definitely raise troops to go south, destroy Chen Qingzhu and Gao Shancai, and completely unify the entire Hebei. In this way, Chen Qingzhu and Gao Shancai would not sit still and wait for death, and would immediately unite the court and resist to the end.

There was only one final result, and there would be a major war between Li Conggu and the court.

Wu Chuang said softly: "The situation is like this, and some things cannot be controlled by human resources."

Li Congshan said to Wu Chuang: "After you go to Weizhou to meet my adopted father, come back as soon as possible. There will be big moves behind you. I need your help."

Wu Chuang asked, "What do you want to do?"

Li Congshan said: "Since war is inevitable, we will fight quickly, gather the army, defeat Chen Qingzhu and Gao Shancai as quickly as possible, and unify the entire Hebei before the court responds. In this way, the court will inevitably throw itself into trouble, so that the war between us and the court may not have to happen."

After listening to Li Congshan's words, Wu Chuang pondered for a moment and finally nodded.

Fengjing.

"Your Majesty, I have investigated the assassination of Prime Minister Li."

Wang Qili half-kneeled on the ground and said loudly.

Zhao Xun said: "You are quite fast?"

Wang Qili lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "There are many assassinations, more than ten captured people, and there are always one or two corrupt bones. The Weichen did not take too much effort, but let them speak out the truth."

"Who is the entrusted man?"

"Ge Hong!"

Hearing this name, Zhao Xun said in a cold tone: "He is looking for death!"

Zhao Xun obviously had some guesses, so he was not too surprised to hear that the main messenger behind the scenes was Ge Hong.

Wang Qili lowered his head, without saying anything, nor was he qualified to speak.

Zhao Xun said: "What's going on over Li Xun?"

Wang Qili's eyelids hopped slightly and he immediately spoke out: "Someone has begun to evacuate." Gu

Zhao Xun's face suddenly became gloomy and he said coldly: "Are you leaving?"

"No."

Wang Qili replied: "Only about thirty people left, most of them did not leave."

Wang Qili did not tell the truth completely.

The secret guards in Li Xun's hands have been registered in detail in Silitai.

The Secret Guard is divided into three parts: the Central Plains, Longyou and the Western Regions.

In the past two years, most of the energy of the secret guards has been focused on the Western Regions, and personnel and materials have been dispatched there on a large scale. Therefore, the main elite of the secret guards are not in the mainland, but in the Western Regions and Longyou region. Their official personnel in Fengjing City are about 3,000.

Just before Wang Qili entered the palace to report to Zhao Xun, he had just received the exact news that the main middle and senior management of the secret guard, about 300 people, had begun to evacuate Fengjing.

Zhao Xun glanced at the table, and there were several memorials, which were uploaded by ministers yesterday. He impeached Li Xun and kept dead soldiers, and had a bad intention. He asked the emperor to arrest members of the secret guards and severely punish Zhu Zhengguo, the commander of the Inspection Institute.

Of course, other ministers also wrote letters asking for a thorough investigation of the case, to find out the person behind the scenes, and to severely punish them to respect the national law.

Zhao Xun pondered for a long time, and finally spoke a word: "Catch it!"

Wang Qili asked, "Please make it clear."

Zhao Xun said coldly: "How dare he, Li Xun, thousands of secret guards?"

After hearing this, Wang Qili understood what the emperor meant, but he still asked again: "How to catch it?"

Zhao Xun looked a little hesitant, raising thousands of dead soldiers, and the scale of this was such a big one, which was a death sentence. However, in this matter, Emperor Xingzong wanted to use the financial resources of the Beijiang Association to establish a secret guard with the help of Li Xun. The alliance between Li Xun and the Beijiang Association was also his own line. Although it was also for political purposes, and in this process, the secret guards developed and grew. Regardless of whether Li Xun had selfish ideas and goals, the development of things to this point is not entirely Li Xun's fault. It is indeed a bit unreasonable to put all the responsibility on him.

Moreover, Li Xun took the initiative to tell himself that for himself, the secret guard is actually a semi-public style.

After pondering for a long time, Zhao Xun said: "Catch as much as you can. Don't escalate the situation, let alone involve Li Xun."

Wang Qili understood what Zhao Xun meant. He only arrested people, didn't care about anything else, and didn't do anything else. He just knocked out the secret guards and eliminated this force, and would not involve Li Xun.

"I understand."

Zhao Xun waved his hand: "Get back."

"I'm leaving."

Wang Qili stood up, bowed, and then turned around and strode away.

After Wang Qili left, Zhao Xun picked up a memorial to watch it. After reading it, he pondered for a moment, and then shouted softly: "Come."

"Your Majesty ordered."

Zhao Chengde stepped forward and bowed and said.

Zhao Xun picked up his pen to write, removed Zhu Zhengguo from all positions, was imprisoned, and handed over to Dali Temple for strict investigation.

After writing, Zhao Xun handed it to Zhao Chengde: "Take it to the Secretariat and let Lu Bojiang draft an edict to form a formal document."

"Yes, your Majesty."

Zhao Chengde took Zhao Xun's draft and went to the Secretariat.
Chapter completed!