Now that Yan Guifei saw Li Yongxuan's tough attitude, she wanted to use the method of dual cultivation to ease the relationship.

In fact, the method of dual cultivation is very dangerous for the weaker party.

If it weren't for a special situation, Concubine Yan would definitely not say anything.

Although she knows the art of tonic, her strength is far inferior to that of Li Yongxuan.

If Li Yongxuan is unwilling to actively cooperate, Concubine Yan will be exhausted and unable to absorb any essence.

Li Yongxuan gave Yan Guifei a severe beating and said that he would send someone to arrange a place for them and their son.

Although Concubine Yan was not happy, she did not dare to show it and had no choice but to agree.

She knew that Li Yongxuan did not want their mother and son to get too close to the Song Emperor, even if Concubine Yan had no relationship with the Song Emperor.

To put it bluntly, Li Yongxuan is possessive and doesn't like his things to be coveted.

A few days later, Li Yongxuan found someone to spread rumors, saying that Zhao Tuo and Song Emperor were in conflict with each other, and if the two tigers fought, there would be casualties...

When Emperor Song heard the news, he was deeply impressed.

If Zhao Tuo becomes the prince, then Emperor Song, the puppet emperor, will have little use value and his life may be in danger at any time.

Thinking of this, Emperor Song immediately agreed to send Yan Guifei's mother and son to a Taoist temple outside the palace to be raised.

The Taoist temple is also a property of the royal family, not far from the West Lake.

Originally, there were Taoist nuns and Taoist priests in the Taoist temple. In order to protect the reputation of the royal family from being slandered, all the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple were moved away, leaving only a few very old Taoist nuns. Then some maids and father-in-laws were sent from the palace to serve them.

Concubine Yan and her son.

No men are allowed inside, and there are guards guarding the outside of the Taoist temple.

After Li Yongxuan arranged for Concubine Yan and her son, he focused his main energy on the Southern Expedition.

He led part of the Song army to conquer and returned triumphantly, but left tens of thousands of troops stationed in various parts of Southeast Asia, and nearly 100,000 naval troops continued to fight in the Malay Peninsula and Malay Archipelago.

In order to facilitate the delivery of grain, grass and ammunition supplies to the Song army on the southern expedition, Li Yongxuan teleported to various parts of Southeast Asia from time to time, and had in-depth exchanges with Guo Fu who stayed in Angkor Thom.

Since learning the art of picking, Li Yongxuan has been constantly trying to practice double cultivation with Xiao Longnu, Cheng Ying, Lu Wushuang, Wanyanping, Yeluyan, and Gongsun Lue.

He found that he was most compatible with Xiao Longnu. After two rounds of practice, he reached the wonderful state where yin and yang complement each other, like a fish in water.

Cheng Ying was still a little short of the mark, so Li Yongxuan practiced with her five times before he could achieve it.

Lu Wushuang is even worse and weaker; secondly Wanyanping, thirdly Yeluyan, and Gongsun Luhe. Although they all learned the Nine Yin Manual and the Jade Girl Heart Sutra from Li Yongxuan, their understanding, strength, and time are still insufficient.

, as for Guo Fu, let alone.

Li Yongxuan worked hard for several months and finally got Xiao Longnu and Cheng Ying pregnant one after another.

It can be said to be a double happiness!

During this period, Du Gao led the Song navy to capture the Malay Peninsula, Srivijaya on the Malay Islands, the Kingdom of Xingkesali, Bo Ni and other countries.

In other words, all areas around the South China Sea, except Luzon, Mayi and other places, were Song territory.

When Li Yongxuan arrived in the Bo Ni Kingdom, he asked Du Gao to continue leading his army to the south.

The Kingdom of New Koshari is composed of countless islands, many of which are desert islands without people.

Further south is Australia.

At this time, Australia had not yet been developed, and only a few indigenous people lived here.

Li Yongxuan knew that Australia was rich in resources and had already thought about how to develop and utilize them.

Rather than taking advantage of the Western powers, it is better to mine minerals ourselves and develop rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, it was May 1248.

Two days ago, Li Yongxuan received a message.

Last month, the Mongol Khan Guyuk who led his army from Helin to conquer Batu in the west died. It is said that he sent people to conquer Batu.

On the surface, Batu accepted the order and went to Hengxiang Yi'er, but secretly sent a brother named Sitikan to go ahead.

Sitikan had a conflict with Guyu when he was offering wine. In the end, both of them died in the fight. There were also rumors that the wine was poisonous. In short, they both died...

Immediately afterwards, the Mongol Empire was ruled by Guyu's Queen Haimis.

Logically speaking, she has relatively great power and has the qualifications.

The problem is that although Guyu was named the Mongol Khan, he did not receive the support of all the kings of the Mongol Empire, only some of the kings supported him.

The successor to the Great Khan whom the former Great Khan Ogodai wanted to establish was the Shiliemen. Guyu's prestige in Mongolia was not high, and the importance of Queen Guyou was even less.

Haimi wants to rely on Queen Guyu's identity to supervise the country like Queen Nomazhen, but the key is that their situations are different.

Queen Naimazhen was appointed to supervise the country because Ogedai intended to give the throne to her grandson Shiliemen during her lifetime and did not pass it on to her son Guiyou.

If she wanted to transfer the throne to her son Guyu, Queen Naimazhen would have to go through the process of supervising the country.

In fact, Hai Miushui could have let her son inherit the throne of Khan, but she did not. Instead, she chose to be the supervisor of the country herself.

In doing so, it should be that she has a very strong desire to control power and wants to enjoy power. If her son inherits the throne, Haimi will be a queen mother at best and will not be able to hold power.

The ship was lost in the Mongolian government. Not only was it not justified by law, it was also not allowed by military power.

At present, Mongolia's military power is mainly in the hands of Tuo Lei's descendants.

The army in Guiyou's hands is not very strong. If Hai is lost in his hands, he will naturally have no military power.

In addition, Batu was extremely resentful of Guyuk Khan, and this resentment was transferred to Haimizu. Batu's army, coupled with the army of Tolei's descendants, formed a crushing advantage over Haimizu.

Haimi is unable to secure her position as Mongolia's superintendent, not only because she has no legal basis and her military strength is not strong, but also because she lacks support.

Even her three sons did not support it.

Several of Haimi's sons have grown up. They do not think that Haimi's supervising country wants them to inherit the position of Great Khan, but that Haimiu wants them to be the queen. Therefore, they have established separate centers to compete with Haimizu.

Soon after, Hucha established one central committee, and Naohu established another central committee. In fact, there were three central committees in a country. How could there not be chaos? How could the power not be divided?

The mother and others of the Lost Lies Sect also did not support it, thinking that the Lost Lies Gate was a dove occupying a magpie's nest.

Finally, Hai lost his own limited ability and was unable to quickly win over people's hearts and stabilize the situation, which led to endless civil strife in Mongolia.

Li Yongxuan still felt a little regretful when he learned that Guiyou did not start a battle with Batu.

However, after the death of Guiyou Khan, the Mongol Empire will once again fall into internal disputes and start a new round of competition for the position of the Great Khan. This is always a good thing for the Song Dynasty.

Not long after, Li Yongxuan finally led the navy to land in Australia.

He chose a place that was relatively close to the coast and rich in mineral resources, built a city, and began to develop it.

There were many indigenous people in Australia, but they posed no threat to the Song army, so Li Yongxuan ignored them, let alone carried out enslavement and massacres.

Building the city and mining minerals require manpower. In addition to hiring Australian indigenous people, Li Yongxuan is also preparing to transport the prisoners of war.

If the indigenous people are honest, then they are employed; if they are not honest, then they are slaves.

Li Yongxuan left 20,000 men behind to build the city, and then led his army to attack Luzon and Mayi. After capturing it, he returned to Lin'an.

With Southeast Asia and Australia as the Song Dynasty's backyard, it would be much easier to fight against the Mongolian army.

After several years of development, the Song Dynasty not only greatly expanded its territory, but also greatly improved its economic, military, and technological strength.

However, this was not enough. While Li Yongxuan was mass-producing artillery, muskets, and warships in preparation for war, he also allowed the Song people to conduct business and trade throughout the occupied Southeast Asia.

In order to facilitate business circulation, Li Yongxuan developed a brand-new paper currency to replace copper coins, silver coins, and gold for transactions.

At first, everyone was reluctant to use banknotes, but when they discovered that banknotes could be exchanged for a full amount of copper coins, silver coins, and gold at any time and anywhere, they started to like banknotes in droves.

Gradually, banknotes became popular everywhere, even in Southeast Asia and Australia.

Li Yongxuan also opened banks in various state capitals, and also had branches in the territories he occupied.

It not only provides convenience to the people and merchants, but also greatly promotes the development of commerce and trade in various places.

With Li Yongxuan's endorsement, the issuance of banknotes went smoothly.

You know, if Li Yongxuan said it was tax-free for three years, it was really tax-free. He said 10% tax was 10% tax. What else could the soldiers and the people have to doubt about him?

If he wants to make money, he can just charge more taxes. There is no need to defraud everyone of their money.

Seeing that life was getting better and better, the soldiers and people of the Song Dynasty worshiped and supported Li Yongxuan even more.

They no longer have to worry about being slaughtered, burned, and plundered by the Mongolian army. Since Li Yongxuan took control of the government, he not only drove the Mongols out of the Central Plains, but also conquered Southeast Asia and Australia.

This is in sharp contrast to the Southern Song Dynasty court who only wanted to live in peace a few years ago.

In the past two years, people have begun to come out to persuade Li Yongxuan to usurp the throne, and more and more people have come out.

They were worried that once Li Yongxuan was overthrown, the Song Dynasty would immediately become precarious again and all life would be in ruins.

Some people also advised the Song Emperor to take the throne to save his life and make the Song Dynasty more prosperous.

Others helped give Li Yongxuan the idea to marry Princess Rui, the daughter of the Song Emperor.

When the time comes, they will use the reason that Emperor Song is seriously ill to send Li Yongxuan...

Some of these people are doing it for the sake of Conglong, some are really thinking about the Song Dynasty, and so on.

The Song Emperor was extremely panicked. He was always worried about when Li Yongxuan would wear the yellow robe and ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.
To be continued...