In this way, Li Hongji became the first heir to the empire in terms of legal principles, and also had the military and political power in Jiangbei, like a local emperor with a base.

Li Jingsui and Li Jingda instantly felt like a ray of light on their backs!

This unethical Li Jing, in this way, forced the two of them to completely eliminate the intention of taking the harsh action!

If they were dizzy and chopped Li Jing with one knife, then Li Hongji could raise the banner of revenge and cross the river. With his identity as the crown prince, both the reason and the power would stand on his side.

The two brothers' murder of their brothers was like paving the way for their nephew to succeed to the throne, giving the throne to their heads first...

So, the two of them were completely at ease, and the three of them recovered the situation of being friendly and respectful to each other. When Li Jing saw him, he also recalled Li Hongmao from Nanchang to show his sincerity.

However, Li Hongji's status in Jiangbei became increasingly stable. He wanted to give troops and power. As for money, grain and weapons? Yancheng and Jinghai's two salt fields were not forgiving. In the feudal era, salt was much more effective than money.

In addition, Jiangbei is not far from Liguo (Xuzhou), which is a huge iron ore production base. With Li Hongji's means and the corrupt military and political affairs of the Later Han Dynasty, as long as he is willing, he will ensure that his troops are equipped without any problems.

There is also a Tongshan in Jurong County that is "around twenty miles, seventy or eighty feet high". During this period, in addition to daily use, the only function of copper was to mint coins. Of course, this must be under the control of the central government, to be precise, the Three Divisions and the Ministry of Revenue. However, Li Hongji was the emperor of Jiangbei...

In addition, Li Jingda originally thought that he could control almost all the national army, but as a result, Jiangbei was taken away by his nephew, and another Xiongwu army, the governor of Ezhou, whom he had coveted for a long time, openly promoted his loyalty to Li Jing at this time. This was the backup to give the two people a heavy blow.

The Xiongwu Army was the strongest army in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Most of the time it was deployed on the border between Southern Tang and Ma Chu, and monitored the enemy country with its reputation. Ma Yin governed the Chu State well, but he did not dare to provoke the Southern Tang Dynasty with his courage. However, anyone with discerning eyes knew that the Xiongwu Army was stationed in dispersed with Wuchang as the center.

Daye Iron Mine, as well as Xingguo Army's copper mine and silver mine, are all within its military front...

Speaking of copper mines, Li Yu suddenly remembered that when he was trading stocks in his previous life, there were two copper stocks, namely yn copper and jx copper. They were said to have been an important place for China's copper since ancient times. The yn area is now under the control of Nanzhao Kingdom and belongs to the exterior of Huan.

And jx Copper Industry was originally claimed to have huge copper mines in Shangluo.

The Zhennan Jiedushi, who was left behind in the Nandu, could be managed by Xinzhou (Shangrao). Moreover, his grandfather, Zhong Taizhang, was originally a brave general. He was inexplicably transferred to military positions in the late Li Bing period and served as the governor of Xinzhou for a long time. It seemed that he had just retired in the past two years...

In other words, Li Jing did hand over a lot of administrative power and resources, otherwise Li Jingsui and Li Jingda would not have withdrawn from the imperial city and the troops outside the imperial palace so quickly.

But after a later calculation, he still directly and through his son, he indirectly controlled at least three-fifths of the country's army and was the most capable of fighting. He basically held the three major resources that salt, iron and copper finally needed.

In the feudal era, these three functions were comparable to those of oil and coal in later generations, and they could not be played without any of them.

Is salt necessary or the best general equivalent? It has a market but no price. This thing is better than money...

Copper is money. With money, it can not only increase expenses, but also prosper the market and accelerate business development. After all, copper coins are the most suitable as general equivalents.

Iron, weapons...

Of course, Li Jing did not take all kinds of minerals. At the cost of several gold and silver production places, they were taken away by the third and fourth brothers, but as currency, these two are far less useful than copper coins or even silk.

There are soldiers and money, no wonder the Crown Brother, the Grand Marshal of the Army, just give it to him...

As for the six ministers and ministers, Li Jing left the Minister of Revenue and the Three Sessions. You can divide the rest of the positions as you like, and you can kill all the dogs.

Anyway, he also has institutions affiliated with the emperor's private individuals, including the Privy Council, Xuanhui Court, Qinghui Palace, Xuanzhengyuan...

"So that's it." The confusion in Li Yu's eyes gradually faded away, and his eyes gradually lit up. Li Hongmao felt relieved. This sixth brother was indeed a good piece of material.

But the next sentence almost made him cough again

"So, it was Li Jing who was a few damn gods who took revenge on you? Fuck me, I'll find a way to kill him sooner or later." Li Yu's mind was very quick. The more reasonable explanation was that after Li Jing was impolite by Li Jing, he wanted to poison Li Jing's son to death out of revenge.

Li Hongmao looked amused and crying. The sixth brother said that he was so smart. He could stroke down the thread after he started. He really clarified the general details. But his temper was really not like Li Jing at all at this time...

"I said, I don't know who can do it. Although the third uncle and the fourth uncle are suspicious, and they are quite suspicious, you see, the father adopted the fourth brother to the third uncle afterwards. He knew about the poisoning of me. If I was really sure that it was the third uncle who did it, how could I adopt the fourth brother?"

"This..." Li Yu began to scratch his head

"A slowing down strategy, or luring the enemy into the deep?" he tentatively said

"If your mother or saint hears you, you will die." Li Hongji began to hold his forehead. "I won't say that the tiger poison does not eat the child. I will give all the real power. This son is just a big deal. In fact, both parties don't care much about his life or death. Anyway, he is a concubine, right?"

Li Hongmao in Li Yu's eyes is very literary. He is very elegant and has great scholars on weekdays, but no white men's relationships. He is extremely elegant.

But after saying this just now, Li Yu realized that this second brother was also Li Jing's son, and he was naturally sensitive to politics. He was just unwilling to intervene in daily life, but it did not mean that he could not understand the mystery.

"What's more, people like them have a lot of plans, how could they do such a thing for a moment of indifference?" Li Hongmao sighed softly.

"I remember, on the day we left the palace, my elder brother told me, be careful, be careful, it is best to live in the military camp, isolate all outsiders, and return to normal after he notifies me. As a result, I was young and ignorant at that time, and I still had the intention of competing with him for the strengths and weaknesses. After arriving in Nandu, I despise the military camp for being dilapidated, and the result...

Fortunately, the internal officers are agile, and this poison has not been fully utilized. I have survived to this day, but the medicinal properties are getting worse and worse every year. I have not had much time... All the imperial doctors and strange people in the poison palace have seen this, but they cannot be cured. My father, mother, brother, and myself have also sent people to repeatedly search for clues in order to find the murderer, but there is no result..."

"Didn't your father and mother doubt the third uncle?" Li Yu asked. After he thought that after his son was poisoned, the parents must have done their best to arrest the murderer like a sudden lion and tiger, and then take cruel revenge.

"I have doubted it. Uncle Third and Uncle Fourth are the number one suspects, but so what?" Li Hongmao said lightly, his tone was not as good as a victim at all, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him. "Sixth brother, you have to know that even if they really did it, you can't do anything to them. So I thought, if one day you sit in that position, with your intelligence, you can probably find out the real murderer. Then remember to come to my second brother's grave and tell me personally." He said and patted his shoulder.

"Second brother, don't say that!" Li Yu's eyes began to turn red again.

"Some things always happen. You have to get used to it in advance. The saint likes you because you are naturally weak-hearted, but you must be hard in the future. Otherwise, not only will you not be able to find out about your second brother's affairs, but you are afraid that you will fall into danger."

Li Yu was silent. Not to mention that there was no evidence for poisoning, even if the evidence was conclusive, it pointed to Li Jingsui and Li Jingda, and Li Jing still had no choice.

After all, although the other party has less power and resources than the emperor, it should not be underestimated. If you really fight head-on, you are afraid that both sides will suffer. Who will be better then? How many years have passed in the Li Tang Dynasty Yang Wu?

In this chaotic world, the emperor is still a position that everyone envies, but it is the lowest cost-effective era in three thousand years. The old thief was killed by the little thief before he could sit on the hot side. The blood on the tip of the little thief's knife had not been wiped clean, and the little thief suddenly shot him up again.

So from the perspective of the three brothers Li Jing, although all three of them wanted that position, since Li Jing won the first place, Li Jingsui and Li Jingda took the initiative to retreat and demanded that they share the benefits;

In this way, a strong and complete senior executive of the Southern Tang Dynasty can still be maintained to shock the internal and external enemies. Therefore, even if Li Hongmao was poisoned to death by Li Jing, Li Jing and his wife would probably have to pinch their noses and recognize them. After all, they have many descendants...

The so-called politics is nothing more than various compromises, concessions and transactions. Everything on the table can be used as a trading product, money, power, army, even personality, dignity, or your own flesh and blood...

Li Yu felt heavy in his heart. The happiness brought by Chengxintang seemed to be written on the beach, and was instantly swept away by Li Hongmao's words like waves.

The inheritance rights of the Southern Tang Dynasty are so deep...

At this time, Li Yu wanted to go find Li Jing and ask him to become a monk, so that he could avoid assassination...

But do you really have to live for ten years? I finally got the opportunity to be reborn?

Li Hongmao didn't know that he was thinking about this, but just smiled, "Sixth brother, now you regret it..."

"I can't hide it from my second brother..."

"It's a pity that if my second brother can support me, hey, I can resist you for a while. However, the sixth brother, outsiders say that you and I are the ones who look the most like the father. The father also says that in private, do you know where he feels most satisfied with us? He is kind-hearted..."

Li Yu thought this was simply a cold joke. He did think so before Li Hongji said that, but after roughly guessing the details of the battle for the throne six years ago, he sneered at this word a little.

Li Hongmao smiled and said, "Although the father has many methods, he has never hurt anyone... So, you see, you don't have any chance of winning at all. At least your father has a good impression of you. Don't underestimate this. After all, who will give this position in the end is just his word."

"But second brother, why don't you look forward to your elder brother...?"

"He" Li Hongmao sighed, "I was very close to me when I was young, but for some reason, when he was five or six years old, his temperament suddenly changed drastically, from being gentle to being cruel. After that, even I was a little afraid of him. The bright ones are easy to be dirty, and the scratching ones are easy to be broken. If he continues like this, it is hard to say that it is a blessing or a disaster..."

"Okay, I've said enough today. If you continue to talk about it, I'm afraid you can't absorb it for a while. You might as well think about it in the next few days."

Li Hongmao said a little too much, so he looked for a chair and sat down to rest. "I'm a little tired, you can do it yourself."

Li Yu sat down and picked up the book and read it to calm his mind. This was the only way to calm his mind. And it would work every time he could get more effective. As a result, the more he read, the more he became more upset, and the more he read, the more he became, the more he became, the more he was confused, and finally he felt chill all over.

I had to throw the book on the table, sighed and covered my face with my hands and stopped talking.

Li Hongmao saw it and sighed in his heart:

"Sixth brother, don't be resentful of me and not infer all the consequences. If you do everything, you will only harm you. In the troubled times, the most important thing for the children of the Tian family is this understanding. If you can realize it, it will not be difficult to ascend to the great treasure, or at least you can keep your life safe."

"If you can't understand it, the ending will be unpredictable. With your age, my second brother should have given you a detailed guide. Then in a year or two, when something is successful, it's just that time is not waiting for me. My second brother can only pull out seedlings to help grow, and the rest depends on yourself.
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