Chapter 24 Puppet

An autumn rain and the weather is steeply cold.

As the seasons change, the rain that has been waiting for for a long time finally comes. The cold autumn rain drives away the scorching summer. In the early morning, the cool wind brings the fragrance of the soil that has been drought for a long time and rain. It is soft and cool, and it makes people feel refreshed and comfortable!

The dry and cracked land is nourished by rain and seems to be regaining vitality.

But judging from the expressions of the farmers in the fields, there seemed to be little joy, but instead they all showed despair.

This damn God, if it could rain earlier, how could it be to this point? Now there is rain, but the crops have already died of drought. It can be expected that this year will inevitably be a year of unlimited harvest. There is no harvest. How should we survive this winter?

"The Lord of the Fu doesn't know how ugly Zhai Rang's face was at that time."

Xu Jingzong rode on the horse and said with a smile: "That guy wished he would kill Li Mi at that time, but because of his face, he forced himself to stop the attack. But I guess he would target Li Mi next... Hehe, the mansion master used a little trick, and the day when the ant thief collapsed is not far away."

In front of him, Li Yanqing sat on the elephant dragon and walked slowly.

Chen Guang, Su Lie and Wang Fubao followed behind, with six hundred soldiers silently.

The evening clouds roll, and the golden crow falls westward in the sky.

Li Yanqing took a strong breath of air and said without looking back: "Do you think Li Mi will be in trouble?"

Xu Jingzong was stunned, "Jingzong learned some skills of confrontation when he was young. If Zhai Rang is not someone who can tolerate others, the prince of the family used a plan to separate. How could he tolerate Li Mi?"

"Haha, then you underestimate Master Li!"

Yan Qing seemed to be talking to himself, "I used a plan of separation not to kill Li Mi for Zhai Rang, but it was just to make him have a gap with Li Mi. These two people were born in a gap, and they would not be able to stand firm in the Jindi... I guess it won't take too long, Zhai Rang will definitely retreat to Wagang Village. But he can't do anything to Li Mi... He doesn't want to do it, just because he is not Li Mi's opponent. I think Li Mi will never oppose Zhai Rang."

When Xu Jingzong heard this, he couldn't help but feel silent.

After the fall of Jindi Pass, Li Yanqing rushed to Hulao Pass with a speed of 600 miles.

Then he ordered Xu Jingzong to pretend to be Yang Qing Shuzuo and go to Jindi Pass to take a plan of discord. Yang Qing was not alone, but there were not many people who could use it. Xu Jingzong could observe his words and expressions, and was even more clever, but he was the best candidate for this plan of discord. In fact, it also proved that Xu Jingzong did not disappoint Li Yanqing. He couldn't help but escape from Jindi Pass, and successfully aroused Zhai Rang's suspicion of Li Mi.

Ten thousand stones of food and grass, and a little money and silk, made Zhai Rang unintentionally stay at Jindi Pass.

Yang Qing was also very satisfied with such a result. The two sides who could not kill blood were nothing, which was exactly what he wanted to see.

Therefore, Yang Qing praised Yan Qing very much and hoped that Li Yanqing could stay in the Huzhu.

Yan Qing did not agree, and rejected Yang Qing's kindness on the grounds that he still needed to leave the Heishi Mansion.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to stay in Hulao, but that he doesn’t want to stay in Hulao Pass as an aide. If he wants to leave Hulao Pass, he must be able to control the entire situation in Xingyang. With his current ability, the timing of wanting to completely control Xingyang is not enough.

It also needs precipitation and accumulation...

I have no impression of Yang Qing in Li Yanqing's past life memory.

However, from his three years of observation and several brief contacts, Li Yanqing vaguely captured a trace of inspiration. If he wanted to control Xingyang, there were only two ways. He either rebels or became an official. If he rebels, would Li Mi agree to him control Xingyang County?

But he wanted to become a county magistrate in a legitimate way! Yan Qing also knew his weaknesses, fame and qualifications, but he was too young. If he could be thirty years old this year, he could still fight for it, but the problem was that he was not yet a clan, which was a big problem. In terms of the military merits he made in the past, there would be no problem.

After all, what the military emphasizes is merit, not age.

Therefore, Yuwen Chengdu was able to be born into Qianniuwei at the age of fourteen, and Pei Xingyan became the general of Yingyang Mansion at the age of eighteen.

In the army, as long as you have meritorious achievements, know the art of military skills and good martial arts, you will be very easy to get promoted when encountering a few wars. However, local officials need qualifications and experience. It is easy to say that the lord of a county is the lord of a county, but the lord of a county is not so easy to take responsibility.

It is also impossible for Li Yanqing to be a county magistrate...

So if he wants to control Xingyang County, he must find out something else. Reputation and military merits are just auxiliary conditions. To truly hold Xingyang County in his hands, he needs a puppet, a person who is superficially capable of taking action but has no great ability.

Yang Qing, it’s the most suitable one to be this puppet!

If Yang Qing knew Li Yanqing's plan, he might chopped off his head without saying a word. But he doesn't know now, and he still trusts Li Yanqing very much and has the meaning of being a confidant. Then the next thing will be simple!

Li Yanqing only needs to make Yang Qing trust, rely more on him, and...

This requires means and cannot be achieved overnight. The reason why Yan Qing refused to stay in Xingyang was due to this idea.

"Jingzong doesn't need to worry, there is no possibility of coexistence between Zhai and Li.

A descendant of a generation has a broad talent and extensive knowledge; a turbid official, and even not even a high-ranking official. It is impossible for two people to cooperate, and Li Mi's reputation is far from comparable to Zhai Rang. He has not yet turned against him because Li Mi knows the pros and cons, so he has been avoiding him. Zhai Rang also needs Li Mi to increase his appeal for Wagang... Once Li Mi has enough strength, the two will inevitably become a flock.

I asked you to make a plan of discord, but it was close to Jindi Pass; it was farther away, but it was to aggravate the conflict between Zhai and Li."

Xu Jingzong looked at Yan Qing's back in shock, and for some reason, a chill suddenly burst out from his back.

Yan Qing's thin and not burly back felt endless pressure for Xu Jingzong at this time. He swallowed unconsciously, "What the Fujun means..."

"In less than a year, Zhai and Li will inevitably be together with water and fire."

Li Yanqing immediately turned around and smiled and said to Xu Jingzong: "And I can be sure that the day when Zhai, Li Huo will be the time when Zhai Rang is destroyed, and it will also be the day when Li Mi... is declining."

Take one step and see ten steps.

I used a plan today, and I saw it a year later.

Xu Jingzong didn't know what he would become in a year, but he felt chilling about Li Yanqing's meticulous thinking.

Maybe this person will really do something big!

In history, whether in official history or Romance, Zhai Rang was a big coffee table with cups on it. Yan Qing was not going to change the fate of Zhai Chai Shou. On the contrary, he hoped Zhai Rang could become that coffee table earlier. He chatted with friends in his previous life. When talking about Wagang, Yan Qing once believed that the fire and merger of Wagang was Li Mi's victory and the beginning of his failure. From the moment he killed Zhai Rang, the Wagang army inevitably faced the end of division. In fact, Li Mi could use mild means to usurp the rights of Wagang. Even if he wanted to merge, he would never take the initiative. Because morally, he would fall under the predicament.

After all, Wagang is different from the struggle for power and profit in the court.

The Wagang Army was a peasant uprising army that started out from the grassroots. When this uprising army did not have political ideas, they made more of their wealth by relying on the word "Yi". Li Mihuo and Zhai Rang destroyed the word "Yi" to some extent.

Li Yanqing did not want Li Mi to pose too much threat to him, so he had to borrow Zhai Rang's hands to weaken Li Mi's strength.

If Li Mi becomes popular one day earlier than Zhai Rang, his strength will be a bit weaker. The weaker Li Mi's strength is, the easier it is for Yan Qing to deal with it.

The reason why he told such an ending in advance was that his purpose was to hit Xu Jingzong.

Xu Jingzong is a very smart guy, or he has a little cleverness that ordinary people do not have. For such a person, Li Yanqing knows how to deal with it, which is to make him afraid. The more afraid Xu Jingzong is of him, the more loyal he will be to Li Yanqing in the future.

And Li Yanqing also needs such a talented villain to follow...

Passing Gong County, Li Yanqing ordered Su Lie and Xu Jingzong to lead his troops back to Heishi Pass first.

He took Shen Guang, Wang Fubao, and the twenty-four Qilin Guards to stay at Gongxian's home. Calculate the time, he has not returned home for two or three months since he left Gongxian to take office. Although Gongxian has now fallen into his hands, after all, there is still a Chai Xiaohe who he has been unable to figure out for in Gongxian, which makes Yan Qing feel a little more and less pressure. Going home occasionally will help him control Gongxian more and more steadily.

Li Yanqing suddenly returned home, making the young and old in the family extremely happy.

Mrs. Gao and Changsun Wugui had moved to Haoqiuwu Fort a month ago. The two places were not far apart, but after all, it was not as convenient as when they lived together as before. This also made Mao Xiaonian feel a little lonely, but fortunately, she still had two mastiffs to accompany her.

"Young Master, how long will you stay when you come back this time?"

Even though he was already the chief manager of the Li family's house, Mao Xiaonian still used to fetch Li Yanqing's face, just like before.

She took the towel from Yan Qing's hand and couldn't help asking.

"Two or three days, when Lao Du comes over, he will return to Black Stone."

"Brother Du is coming?"

Mao Xiaonian asked in surprise.

Li Yanqing nodded, "Last time, Lao Du said that he would arrive in Gong County within ten days. Calculate the time, that is, the situation in these two or three days... Xiao Nian, why are you asking this?"

"Well, nothing!"

Mao Xiaonian's pretty face turned red and her head was drooping.

Although the weather turns cooler after an autumn rain, the so-called coolness is only relative.

In fact, the weather is still a bit stuffy. Therefore, people's clothes have not changed much. A green dress makes Xiao Nian graceful and charming. The white gauze dress draped over her shoulders, which further highlights the delicate and fair skin, which is particularly tempting.

Xiao Nian is no longer the little girl who came from Luoyang 14 years ago.

Nowadays, the water is so beautiful that it is alive and ripe peach, and is being picked by others. Li Yanqing is not a lustful person, but it is not without normal **. In the past nineteen years, in addition to having several ambiguous relationships with Pei Shuying and even intimate contact, he still remains a boy. Xiao Nian's charm has caused a slight turmoil in his heart. He couldn't help but stretch out his hand, and Xiao Nian's face turned redder...

Taking off the broken hair scattered on his shoulders, Yan Qing took a deep breath.

“How is your home lately?”

Mao Xiaonian's voice was very low, "Everything is normal... Oh, by the way! County Magistrate Chai seems to be very active recently, and people often visit him.

Also, he almost replaced most of the officers in the county government, and there were four people from Liusi Gongcao, all of whom were from the local area."

"oh?"

Li Yanqing immediately became interested.

"Where are those people?"

"It is said to be a fellow townsman of Chai County Magistrate. But I remember that Chai County Magistrate seems to be from Jiangnan, but his fellow townsman all have a northern accent."

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Mr. Chai County was an official in Jiangnan and was promoted from his post as a member of Jiangnan, but it was not said that he was from the south."

Mao Xiaonian thought about it, and laughed.

"Then which of the six departments have changed?"

"Oh, the Hucao, the military, and the Cangcao have all changed..."

"So, Magistrate Chai is quite taking good care of his fellow villagers."

Yan Qing smiled slightly, but he felt a sense of vigilance.

The soldiers and officials were in charge of the village warriors, the warehouses and officials were in charge of the supplies, and the households were in charge of money and silk... In this way, among the Six Ministers, Chai Xiaohe suddenly occupied three most important positions. As an outside official, this is definitely not a normal behavior. Generally speaking, although foreign officials would arrange close friends, they would give some important positions to local gentry to win over the hearts of the people. However, Chai Xiaohe did it a little too much, and this was definitely not his style.

After three years of contact with Chai Xiaohe, Li Yanqing also got to know him.
To be continued...