Chapter 478: Expand vigorously!

The three military governors seemed to have an impregnable control over the government. Even if all the royal family members in the capital were extinct, it would not prevent these three from issuing orders in the name of the court.

Each of the three Jiedushi is the most powerful person in the world. Even if each of them only brought about half of their troops into the capital, the three of them joining forces can be said to be invincible.

At least, no single force can defeat them.

But their strength lies in the combination of three forces, and their weakness lies here too. They…

Not alone.

Among them, Li Tong and Xiao Xian were particularly concerned about their own reputations, and they did not even have the idea of ​​destroying the Great Zhou Dynasty.

In other words, as long as His Majesty the Emperor does as Li Yun says, and tries his best to discredit these three people at the cost of killing his own people, then the imperial court… or rather the capital city, will be in chaos.

In this chaotic situation, Wei Quanzhong might not be willing to leave, but the other two military governors might be forced to leave the capital and return to their respective fiefdoms under pressure.

Of course, if His Majesty the Emperor really did this, the truth would be revealed and someone would always notice some clues.

Even if the three Jiedushi left the capital in the future, he would become alienated from the court officials, and no one would be willing to work for him sincerely.

This was not a good idea for the emperor, but it was a good idea for Li Yun.

Because he needs time.

Most of the places in Jiangnan East Road have been taken over by him, but he has not had time to take over most of the places in Jiangnan West Road, including the more important Hongzhou, Jiangzhou, Ezhou, and Yuezhou.

That is, the middle and lower reaches of the river with Jinling as the starting point.

Li Yun’s current abilities are enough to protect himself in Jiangnan, but Jiangnan East Road alone is far from enough. As long as he takes over Jiangnan West Road, he will almost have most of Sun Shiwan’s territory in another world and dominate the southeast!

And once he has completely digested these places, Li Yun will have enough troops and resources to confront any of the three Jiedushi.

But all this takes time.

It takes time to establish internal affairs and various systems, it takes time to sort out the affairs of Jiangdong, and it takes even more time to take over the Jiangnan West Road.

It may take two to three years, or even longer, for Li Yun to digest the territory he has currently acquired, as well as the Jiangnan West Road that he has not yet acquired, and at the same time, completely establish the small Jiangdong court!
Pei Zhang sat in his seat, stunned for a long time, and finally looked up at Li Yun and said: “Mr. Li, this won’t work, this definitely won’t work. Whoever makes this suggestion to His Majesty will surely die in the future…”

“You can see that.”

Li Yun said calmly: “It shows that you are not stupid.”

This is a very taboo topic. If you make this suggestion to the emperor and the emperor does not adopt it, you will definitely be severely punished or even executed by the emperor’s order.

And once the emperor adopted it, he would surely die.

Li Yun smiled and said, “That’s why I asked you to go back and tell your third brother. He has plenty of ways to pass this opinion to the emperor. You can also ask your third brother first to see what his attitude is.”

Pei Zhang lowered his head and was stunned for a long time. Finally, he looked at Li Yun and whispered, “Lord Li, I came to Nanjing this time just to ask you for your honest advice. If all over the world, they all rise up to attack the three military governors, can you join us in this righteous cause?”

Li Yun smiled and said, “Didn’t I just say that? I, Li, am a loyal minister of the Great Zhou. As long as I can help the court and His Majesty, I will certainly do it, but Master Pei.”

He whispered, “If this happens again, and we succeed in driving those three out of the capital, who can guarantee that there won’t be three more, or even two or one more.”

“Enter the capital?”

Upon hearing this, Pei Zhang stood there in a daze, not saying anything for a long time.

Li Yun shook his head slightly and said, “I’m going to say something that Master Pei may not like to hear. Three people in the capital may be just right. If there are fewer, the situation in the capital will not be as stable as it is now. Master Pei, you…”

“I’m afraid it will be difficult to get out of the capital.”

Pei Zhang frowned and said nothing.

Li Yun stood up, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: “But since Master Pei is here, you can stay in Jinling for a few more days. Also, the imperial edict was issued too hastily this time, and I haven’t had time to receive it yet.”

“Tomorrow, I will set up an incense table at the gate of Jinling government office and lead all officials in Jinling to welcome the imperial edict. When the time comes, I will trouble Master Pei to read the imperial edict again. What do you think, Master Pei?”

Now, if the imperial edict from the court was given to Li Yun in private, it would be just a piece of waste paper and worthless.

And if the decree was read out publicly and made known to everyone, it would be of some help to Li Yun.

In fact, the imperial edicts conferring rewards on Li Yun had all been sent to Li Yun’s home quietly, without even the need for him to kneel. The edicts were simply handed to Li Yun.

As a result, many people still don’t know that Li Yun is already a Silver and Green Guanglu Doctor of the imperial court, and has even been awarded the Military Honor of the Guard. Now that Pei Zhang has come, there is no way he can be fooled so easily. Moreover, the position of Jiangnan Dao Observation Envoy is very important to Li Yun, and he can’t let the imperial court and Pei Zhang fool him so easily.

Pei Zhang hesitated for only a moment after hearing this, then quickly stood up and bowed his head, saying, “I obey your command!”

………………

“Li Yun, the former governor of Jiangnan and Huainan, has been effective in defending the territory and pacifying the people in Jiangnan. Today, the world is relatively peaceful, but Jiangnan is still restless. I hereby promote Li Yun to the position of governor of Jiangnan and governor of Huainan to pacify Jiangnan. No mistakes are allowed. I decree this.”

At the gate of Jinling government office, Pei Zhang read the imperial edict once, then looked at the Jinling officials kneeling in front of him, especially Du Qian who was kneeling behind Li Yun. He sighed silently in his heart and said, “Mr. Li, accept the edict.”

Li Yun bowed his head slightly and said in a clear voice: “Your Majesty, thank you for your grace.”

After saying that, he stood up and took the imperial edict with both hands.

At this time, many people had gathered at the gate of the government office. After seeing Li Yun taking the imperial edict, they couldn’t help but cheer.

“Mr. Li, Mr. Li!”

“Mr. Li…”

Since Li Yun arrived in Jiangnan, he has not implemented any earth-shaking policies. However, thanks to the efforts of him and Du Qian and others, the atmosphere in the officialdom of Jiangnan has indeed been renewed.

There is no other way. If you don’t want to be reborn, Mr. Li will let you be reborn directly.

In the past, these officials in the south of the Yangtze River might not necessarily heed the orders of the emperor who was far away in Guanzhong, and might even spit at the emperor in their hearts. However, none of these people dared to disobey the orders of Li Shijun, who had tens of thousands of troops under his command and was in Nanjing.

Under such circumstances, people’s lives will naturally become better.

Nowadays in Jinling City, almost everyone knows Envoy Li and Envoy Du.

Now that Envoy Li was promoted to “Duke of the Palace”, they naturally cheered with joy.

Of course, the people of this era were generally ignorant. They cheered, perhaps not entirely because Li Yun made their lives better. Perhaps if an official they didn’t know at all was promoted in front of them, allowing them to see the excitement, they would also cheer.

It is also possible that they themselves do not know what they are cheering for.

But it doesn’t matter, Li Yun’s goal has been achieved.

After he received the imperial edict, he smiled and said to Pei Zhang, “Mr. Pei, come into the government office and have some tea.”

Pei Zhang nodded, walked up to Du Qian and said hello, then they entered the Jinling government office together. Walking in the front yard of the government office, Li Yun suddenly remembered something and asked, “By the way, Mr. Pei, Mr. Fei Xuan, the former governor of Jiangdong, what arrangements does the court have for him?”

Pei Zhang scratched his head and shook his head in confusion: “I don’t know.”

Du Qian on the side said with a smile: “Master Fei is the governor of Jiangdong, and you, Lord Fu, are the governor of Jiangnan, half a level higher than him, so you can work together without any conflict.”

Li Yun smiled and said to Pei Zhang, “Master Pei, is there such a saying in the court?”

Pei Zhang looked at the two people and then smiled bitterly, “Maybe, I don’t know for sure.”

“Your subordinate, I must go back and ask.”

Li and Du nodded in satisfaction. After taking Pei Zhang to drink tea for a while, they sent him downstairs to rest. Li Yun and Du Qian sat down in the warm room of the government office. Li Yun looked at Du Qian and said with a smile, “I heard that my sister-in-law is pregnant again. Congratulations.”

Du Qian smiled upon hearing this and said with emotion: “Once this child is born, my little family will have taken root in Jinling.”

“correct.”

He suddenly remembered something and looked at Li Yun and said, “Speaking of Jinling, there is something I need to discuss with the Lord. Since the past few months, the population of Jinling City has been increasing, even exceeding the peak period in the past.”

“Although it’s still enough for us to live in now, Zhuo Guangrui came to me a few days ago and said that if things continue like this, Jinling will be full in three years at most.”

“He means…”

Du Qian coughed and said softly, “Expand the city.”

“Expand.”

Li Yun nodded without hesitation and said through gritted teeth.

“Expand vigorously!”

(End of this chapter)