No one had ever analyzed Yang Guang's three conquests against Liao for Wan Xuandao, and he had never thought about this question.
However, after he heard it, he thought about it carefully. Back then, Yang Guang had withdrawn the military and civilian forces in the country.
Guanzhong was indeed the most ruthless!
Li Zhiyun sighed in his heart. Yang Guang wasn't the only one who did this.
Emperor Zhenguan was the same.
Most of Li Tang's elites came from Guanlong.
Of course, Guanlong was the location of the country, and the loyalty of the soldiers was reliable.
In fact, it was also weakening Guan Long's family.
The owner-farmers lost their land and became tenant farmers of the aristocratic families. These tenant farmers had to eat and dress according to the aristocratic families.
To put it bluntly, they were actually servants of aristocratic families.
In the hearts of the tenant farmers, the emperor's orders might not be as effective as the words of the master.
The Supreme One could accept it.
However, if he were to directly deal with the aristocratic families, he would definitely be counterattacked by the aristocratic families.
Weakening the number of farmers was equivalent to weakening the power of the aristocratic families.
The farmers became the product of the compromise between the two groups and were destined to be sacrificed.
How lamentable!
He had paid the most, but he had become a victim of the confrontation between the two political groups.
Li Zhiyun sighed." Uncle, politics is always dirty. The hands of politicians are always stained with the blood of the innocent. No matter how beautiful the coat is, it will never change its intrinsic nature. politics is compromise. Compromise requires sacrifice, and the sacrifice will always be the weakest.”
In the game of politics, whoever was the weakest would be the victim.
"If we don't want to become sacrifices, we must become stronger!”Li Zhiyun suddenly said coldly. A hint of determination flashed in his eyes as he slowly clenched his fists.
Wan Xuandao thought of their current situation and understood what Li Zhiyun meant. He nodded heavily.
Before this, he was in despair, but now he saw hope.
"Uncle," Li Zhiyun said,"create a fire and burn all the land deeds here."”
Zhiyun, what are you doing?" Wan Xuandao asked in confusion.
Li Zhiyun said," Uncle, we need to be in charge of the soldiers now. The defeated soldiers that are being held outside have participated in the battle. As long as we get their loyalty, they will become elites with a little training. I'm doing this to get their loyalty."”
He saw that Wan Xuandao was still confused, so he explained carefully,""How do we gain the loyalty of these people? Fields!"
Hiss!
Wan Xuandao's expression changed. He gasped and quickly stopped him,""Zhiyun, you can't, you can't!" He already knew what Li Zhiyun wanted to do.
"Zhiyun, you said it yourself. The aristocratic families are powerful. By doing this, you're standing on the opposite side of the aristocratic families!”Wan Xuandao was so frightened by Li Zhiyun that his voice trembled.
He was too audacious.
The Sui Dynasty was riddled with holes by the aristocratic families, and Li Zhiyun still wanted to poke this hornet's nest.
Li Zhiyun shook his head and sneered." We will never be able to get the support of the Guanlong Family. Compared to my father, this is our innate disadvantage. It will never change."”
"The reason why I asked you to burn the land deed is because I don't want to become enemies with the aristocratic families. The land deed that was recorded by the government is gone. It's completely reasonable for me to divide the land without proof. With such an excuse, even if the Guanlong family is jealous, they won't openly fall out with me. That's enough. At this stage, we just need to maintain this subtle relationship and give me time to grow stronger.”
Wan Xuandao was gradually convinced by Li Zhiyun. He nodded and smiled bitterly,""This path of ours will be even harder to walk in the future.”
"It doesn't matter. With Yang You in front of us, the stronger we are, the more Yang You will rely on us. We don't have a good relationship with the influential families in Guanzhong, so Yang You will be at ease with us.”Li Zhiyun said casually.
However, he was not as relaxed as he appeared to be.
He had no choice.
Everyone was forcing him to choose. If he wanted to live, he could only do this!
He wanted to fight against this damned fate, even if he failed in the end!
Li Zhiyun led his men out of the county government hall, and soon a fire broke out inside.
"Quick, put out the fire!" Wan Xuandao rushed out of the county office in a sorry state. When he saw Li Zhiyun, he reported anxiously,""General, there were bandits who ambushed us and set the county government on fire.”
Li Zhiyun noticed that Wan Xuandao's arm had a very serious knife wound, so deep that the bone could be seen.
Could it be that there were really bandits lurking and ambushing them?
Li Zhiyun almost believed Wan Xuandao's words. This was different from what they had discussed.
Li Zhiyun only came to his senses when Wan Xuandao gave him a look.
" What are you waiting for?" Li Zhiyun shouted." Hurry up and put out the fire!"”
When everyone around him rushed in to put out the fire, Li Zhiyun said in a low voice,""Uncle, why are you doing this?"
Wan Xuandao pressed on his wound and smiled nonchalantly.""Zhiyun, since we're going to do it, we have to make it real. We have to make it so that others have nothing to say.”
To put it bluntly, Wan Xuandao wanted to block all the excuses for the aristocratic families to blame him.
Everything was caused by the bandits. If there was any dissatisfaction, the families who had suffered losses could go to the bandits.
"Uncle, we will have an army that is loyal to us. We will truly have the capital to stand firm in this chaotic world!”Li Zhiyun looked at the burning waves inside. Once a wooden building caught fire, it was definitely not something that could be stopped by human strength.
Even though they were far away, the scorching heat of the fire waves still made Li Zhiyun's blood boil.
The flame reflected in Li Zhiyun's eyes and kept jumping. As the fire wave grew bigger, it became thicker and thicker.
Wan Xuandao watched in secret, but he felt that it was not a reflection of the fire wave, but the awakening and burning of Li Zhiyun's ambition!
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