After asking for opinions from Li Xun and Li Zhong, Zhao Xun finally made up his mind.

"As soon as the battle begins, people are uneasy, and they are afraid of having other troubles."

"You can send important officials to the place to appease the hearts of the people."

Li Zhong said.

Zhao Xun nodded, he also had this idea.

Qian Mingdu immediately recommended himself: "Your Majesty, I am willing to go."

Li Zhong shook his head: "Let Li Xun go, as the prime minister inspects the local area, can also show the court's attention."

Qian Mingdu looked at Li Zhong and suddenly felt extremely upset. Although Li Zhong did not say it clearly, his meaning was very obvious, and he was not worth enough.

Zhao Xun thought for a while, then pointed at Li Xun and said, "Then you go, get to the place, learn more about the situation, and tell me in detail when you come back."

Li Xun bowed and bowed: "I received the order."

On the sixth day of November, Zhao Xun appointed Li Xun as the three inspectors of Hedong, Henan and Jiangnan, inspected the local area, and raised money, grain and materials, and prepared in advance for the upcoming war.

As soon as the appointment was issued, Li Xun said goodbye to his family, traveled lightly and left Fengjing.

On the night before leaving, Li Xun found You Yuanfeng and told him that the emperor was preparing to let You Mingyuan fill the position of Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall. With this as a condition, at the court meeting five days later, the war could be launched, and the full support of Xie Shiyuan, Liu Guanghui and others, and You Yuanfeng agreed.

November 12th.

Chenzhou, Lingnan.

The capital of Chenzhou, Jiayancheng.

After killing the Chenzhou Jiedushi, Lu Si, he originally wanted to be the Jiedushi himself, but the day after Lu Si was about to die, some generals loyal to Lu Si wanted immediately launched a raid and assassination, and Xiao Si was almost killed. Although he escaped, more than 20 people in his family were killed. Xiao Shi was furious and then launched a crazy massacre and revenge. In less than two days, nearly two thousand people were killed, and those who he thought were ill-behaved were almost killed.

After the killing, Xiao Shi calmed down. Lu Si had to be in charge of Chenzhou for many years and had a high prestige in the army. If he killed him, he would no longer be popular. If he forced himself to succeed as the governor, no one would surrender. So he pushed his nephew Lu Duan to the position of governor, but the military power was still in the hands of Xiao Shi himself. Lu Duan was just a puppet.

After that assassination, he was still scared, so after dealing with the dissidents, he lived in the military camp outside the city, and also held Lu Duan and dozens of civil and military senior officials in the military camp.

Lu Si wanted this person to be rigorous in the military, have clear rewards and punishments, and do not favor personal feelings. As a soldier, he was undoubtedly very successful. However, as a man, Lu Si also had his shortcomings, that is, his lustfulness. Lu Si's sister was Lu Si's original wife, and she had her eldest son Lu Duan. If everything went smoothly, after Lu Si wanted to die, his eldest son Lu Duan would naturally succeed as the governor. If this was true, he would not have any ideas, but the bad thing was that Lu Si did too badly in managing family affairs.

It is very common for men to have three wives and four concubines. However, no one is not a group of wives and concubines. Lu Si is no exception. However, he has a few wives and concubines, so naturally he can only have one wife. However, Lu Si has more than fifty concubines. There is a very interesting thing in Chenzhou, that is, beauty pageants. Every year in mid-May, Lu Si will hold a beauty pageant in Chenzhou, because those who win the championship can not only marry into the Jiedushi Mansion, but also receive a bounty of 1,000 taels of gold. Such an attractive reward is naturally full of visitors. Not only Chenzhou, but also beauties from many other places will pour in, hoping that once they win, the pheasant will turn into a phoenix.

Lu Siyao's wife Cao died of illness ten years ago. In order to take into account the feelings of his generals, he had many concubines, but he did not properly uphold anyone. This situation continued until seven years ago, when Gu Chunhua, a famous prostitute in Jiangnan, married into the Jiedushi's Mansion, and gave birth to three sons in one go in five years, so he favored Lu Siyao.

Two years ago, Lu Si had to take into account the strong opposition of many people and forcibly uphold Gu Chunhua. In the eyes of many people, Lu Si would be completely confused. How could you, a magnificent governor and a prince, let a prostitute be your wife? Isn’t this a joke?

After Gu Chunhua became the wife, he naturally wanted his son to inherit the rights and status that Lu Si wanted in the future. Therefore, Xiao Shi and Lu Duan became her thorn in her eyes, and both sides were in secret, fighting back and forth.

Lu Si must be able to maintain restraint and persuasion at the beginning for the fight between Gu Chunhua and Shu Shi, but as the two contests gradually escalate, the conflict between the two sides has become public and irreconcilable. Under such circumstances, since Lu Si wants to favor Gu Chunhua, as long as this continues, his inner balance will gradually lead to that side.

Half a year ago, Lu Si was going to hold a banquet. During the meal, Lu Duan refused to drink because he was unable to drink several toasts Lu Si wanted, which aroused some dissatisfaction from Lu Si, saying that he was too weak and didn't look like him at all. Gu Chunhua took the opportunity to fan the flames and implicitly mocked Lu Duan as a waste. When Xiao Shi was half drunk at the time, he was furious and immediately stood up and cursed Gu Chunhua. His words were extremely ugly. Gu Chunhua was also unwilling to be outdone, and also scolded him. He also mocked Xiao Shi very harshly, saying that his wife and only son died of illness within a year, and they were all rude and killed him. These remarks immediately made Xiao Shi red eyes. Regardless of everyone's face, he rushed out and beat Gu Chunhua.

Gu Chunhua's beating also aroused Lu Siyao's furiousness. He took down Xiao Shi on the spot, took off his clothes, hung his whole body naked on the tree. Lu Si wanted to whip himself and beat him without any mercy. If he had not been pleaded with many generals, Xiao Shi would have almost been beaten to death, but his left leg would have been completely disabled.

The occurrence of this incident marked the complete breakup between Xiao Shi and Lu Si. The two were no longer brothers who had shared life and death and started a business together, but became enemies.
Chapter completed!