Let alone Xue Wei, killing one chicken to scare two monkeys.
One of them is naturally the generals on the Eastern Front who have a tendency to stick together.
The second monkey is Ling Su on the Western Front and the generals on the Western Front.
Shen Yi used Xue Wei's decision to clean up military discipline, and used Xue Wei as an example. If military discipline is violated on the Western Front in the future, or Master Shen's wishes are violated, Shen Yi can use Xue Wei's example...
Just give it to Ling Su!
Relatively speaking, it is much more difficult to remove Ling Su.
Because Ling Su was originally one of the founders of the Anti-Japanese Army and the long-term leader of the Anti-Japanese Army, his prestige was much higher than that of Xue Wei.
Even if Shen Yi wants to touch him, there must be some preparation.
Now, the preparation has been made.
Next, Shen Yi will drastically improve military discipline and improve the combat effectiveness of the Huai'an Army as soon as possible.
Not only personal combat power, but more importantly, collective combat power must be enforced. One day in the future, we can set foot on the land north of the Huaihe River to regain the land that has been lost for more than sixty years!
Just when Shen Yi took advantage of the truce between the two countries to start purging the army, Li Mu in Yandu City had been imprisoned for a month.
Fortunately, these Qi people did not go too far. The small courtyard prepared for him was quite quiet, and the daily food was provided according to high standards. Li Mu knew that it would be difficult for him to go out, so he stayed here with peace of mind. Reading books and drinking tea can be regarded as self-cultivation.
Yandu is in the north. As the days gradually enter autumn, the weather in Yandu becomes cooler quickly. It has not yet entered September and it is not very hot anymore.
On this day, while Li Mu was still drinking tea in this unknown small courtyard, someone suddenly came to the door and knocked on the door.
Li Mu didn't even raise his head, nor did he have any intention of getting up.
Because he knew in his heart that he was not the owner of this place. He had no way of deciding whether others would knock on the door or not, or whether to come in or not.
Sure enough, after a few knocks on the door, the courtyard door was slowly pushed open, and an old man in a light gray robe pushed the door open and walked in.
The old man's hair and beard were half white. After walking into the yard, he looked around and saw Li Mu who was reading a book under the pavilion. The old man squinted his eyes and looked at Li Mu, and then left with his hands behind his back. He went over, walked in, lowered his head slightly, and said with a smile: "Nan Chao has always regarded itself as a country of etiquette. Why is it that I knocked on the door for a long time, but the prince didn't respond at all at home?"
Li Mu raised his eyelids and rolled his eyes at the old man.
"This is not my home, it's just a cage. Whether you open the door or not has nothing to do with me."
The old man was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "That makes sense."
He sat minding his own business opposite Li Mu, with a smile on his face: "My surname is Yan Mingli."
"I came here to visit the Crown Prince."
Hearing this name, Li Mu put down the book in his hand, looked up and looked at the old man in front of him, and then said calmly: "I have heard of the name Yan Xiangye. Many people in Jiankang City said that there was a Han prime minister in the Hu Dynasty. He is very capable, and as a Han Chinese, he is a very popular minister in the Hu Dynasty."
Yan Li smiled: "Your Majesty, it has been more than sixty years, and the distinction between Hu and Han is no longer as clear as before."
Li Mu smiled disdainfully: "Since it is no longer clear, why is there still a saying in Yandu that there is a big minister and a small minister?"
Prime Minister Yan looked calm and said quietly: "Those are things left over from the old days, but they haven't been eradicated for a while."
Li Mu sneered: "You dare to say this to me, do you dare to say it to you, Emperor Yongping?"
"Don't dare."
Yan Li said calmly: "But I believe that there will always be someone who dares to speak out in the future."
He looked at Li Mu and smiled and said: "When it comes to the official system of the imperial court, Zhenren Zhu Li rules the north, but there are mostly Han officials in the imperial court, and there are even Han prime ministers like me. Do you have a Hu prime minister in the Southern Dynasties so far?"
Seeing Li Mu sneer and say nothing, Yan Xiang sighed slightly: "Therefore, the distinction between Hu and Han has always been mentioned by the Southern Dynasty. If the Southern Dynasty does not mention it, how can there be any distinction between Hu and Han?"
He looked at Li Mu and said calmly: "Without the distinction between Hu and Han, our two countries are born to be brothers."
"Since we are a country of brothers, we can no longer fight with each other year after year as before. This way the people will not have a good life."
Hearing this, Li Mu did not rush to refute, but smiled: "That's good, our emperor also agrees to stop fighting and make peace, and we will become a brotherhood. As long as you satisfy the emperor's opinion, Li will immediately follow you By signing letters of credence, our two countries will become brotherly states."
"Your Majesty, both you and I, as well as Emperor Hongde of your country, know clearly that it is absolutely impossible to negotiate that condition."
Prime Minister Yan stroked his beard and said quietly: "If we really agree to that request, then there is no need for me to stay in Yandu. It would be more practical to just go back to the outside world."
Li Mu chuckled: "No one is stopping you."
Old Man Yan looked at Li Mu with a calm expression: "Who said no one would stop him? Millions of real Zhuli people would definitely stop him."
"No one wants to go back outside the customs anymore."
When Li Mu heard this, he sneered slightly, turned his head away, and ignored this "Han Prime Minister".
Old Man Yan was not discouraged, but said to himself: "Master, I am here today to have peace talks with you."
"My emperor personally sent me here. Any conditions you and I have negotiated at this time can be written into the alliance book in the future."
Li Mu then looked directly at the Northern Qi Prime Minister and put down the miscellaneous book in his hand: "You might as well tell me what conditions Prime Minister Yan can agree to."
"I, Da Qi, can give way to the Huaihe River."
Old Man Yan said this very seriously.
Li Mu sneered and said, "The Huaihe River belongs to me, Chen. Now, my master, the King of Chen, is still stationed on the bank of the Huaihe River. I want Prime Minister Yan to give it to me?"
"Now, you and I each occupy half of the Huaihe River. Except for a few fishermen who can enter the river to fish, the entire Huaihe River is almost useless and the river transportation is completely blocked."
"We, the generals of Da Qi, can not station troops along the Huai River, but station troops in the cities north of the Huai River, and cede the entire Huai River to Nan Chen."
Li Mu frowned slightly: "What about the conditions?"
"It's natural to call a truce and become a nation of brothers."
Old Man Yan smoothed his beard on his chin and said, "From now on, the two countries will trade with each other, intermarry, and we will always be brothers."
Seeing Li Mu sneer and say nothing, Yan Li frowned and said: "Your Majesty, this is the greatest sincerity I can show to the Emperor. You have to know that most of our troops are in the north to fight against the Tatars. If we pull out our hands from the north, It only takes a few months for a horse to travel south of the Yangtze River!"
The prince remained unmoved. He thought of what the young coach from Huai'an had said to him.
Yi and Di are afraid of power but not virtuous.
They have never been peaceful.
So, Li Mu looked up at Yan Li and suddenly asked: "Master Yan, are you almost unable to resist in the court?"
Yan Xiang laughed dumbly: "What do you want me to resist?"
"Resist the pressure from Zhu Li."
Li Mu said quietly: "Now, I am afraid that the contents of the certificate of credence I brought have been spread throughout Yandu?"
"So, those Zhuli masters are very angry."
"They were so angry that their faces turned red and their necks were thick. They were so angry that they wanted to kill me immediately to sacrifice the flag, and then send troops south in large numbers to attack Da Chen and wipe away the so-called shame in their hearts."
"And you, Prime Minister Yan, or your Emperor Yongping, don't really want to fight."
Li Mu said word for word: "So Prime Minister Yan came to see me and wanted to negotiate a new alliance with me and then sign it, so that he could dispel the rumors of those Zhu Li masters and make them stop, right?"
Yan Li's face finally looked a little unsightly.
In fact, the matter is more serious than what Li Mu said.
Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, Nan Chen's second batch of envoys will arrive in Yandu. They are coming in a menacing manner, and it is obvious that they are here to beg Li Mu.
It is impossible for Yan to detain this group of people again.
If it is really taken down again, the two countries will fight if not fight.
Thinking of the various pressures in the court and the boss who could die at any time, Prime Minister Yan's face trembled. He stood up and looked at Li Mu: "Your Majesty, since it is a peace negotiation, it must be negotiated. No matter what conditions you have, you must always speak them out before you can talk about them."
"Well."
The prince held out a finger and said: "I, the prince, make the decision. I don't want Northern Qi to return my two provinces of Dachen and Chen. I only want you to return one province of Shandong."
"I will sign an alliance with you immediately."
Emperor Hongde had never agreed to this condition, and Li Mu had no authority to agree to it.
However, he was certain that Beiqi would not accept it.
"I relaxed half of my words at once. Is Prime Minister Yan satisfied?"
Old Man Yan looked at Li Mu quietly: "Your Majesty Tianhuang, do you really have no fear of death?"
The prince looked at Yan Li without fear, with a bright smile on his face.
"I will die today, and my family will die tomorrow..."
"It's just hereditary."
(End of chapter)
