A Clash of Gods Chapter 410: 3 corners

Wei Shu agreed with his expression and immediately said: "Hou Ye is assured that the military power of the Chengdu government is still in the hands of the Xiguan, and he Li Hongxin will not be able to turn the sky. From today, the Xiguan will send heavy soldiers to guard the safety of the waiting Lord until Hou Ye left Xichuan."

Qing Ning smiled faintly and asked, "Master Wei, if Li Hongxin is rebellious now, how do you deal with it?"

"Treason?" Wei Shutong snorted, "Hou Ye, Shu Xiaguan bluntly, although Li Hongxin holds the handle of the Xiaguan, but he also knows the bottom line of Xiaguan, he dare not force too much, Moreover, Xiaguan could not tolerate his slightest treason. At that time, Li Hongxin returned to the court, and Ma Fangnanshan, the court disbanded most of his soldiers and horses. Nowadays, all the soldiers and horses in Xichuan, except for the soldiers sent by the court to guard Xichuan Most of the horses were later recruited again. Li Hongxin kept only a 1,000-member Jin Guanwei under his hands. The money and food of these Jin Guanwei were borne by Li Hongxin himself, but their armored weapons were always allocated by the court. , Changing the armor equipment every three years."

Qining said: "In this way, the equipment in Li Hongxin's hands is in Master Wei's heart?"

"Exactly." Wei Shu said the same way: "The Shu army was disbanded, all the armor was collected, and the severance payment was compensated by the court. Most of these people went home to farm, and they were exempted from these three years of taxation. Many of the Shu army were forcibly recruited into the army, and the court did not let them continue to bleed, but also let them remove their armor and return to the field. They are naturally grateful to Dade. It has been 20 years, and those soldiers had already returned to the village, Li Hongxin It is impossible to let them pick up weapons."

Qining laughed: "Without weapons, those veterans cannot be recalled, so Master Wei feels that Li Hongxin has no possibility of rebellion."

Wei Shutong seems to be very confident about this, saying: "Do not hide Hou Ye, Xichuan guards the soldiers and horses everywhere, and there are more than 40,000 people in total. These soldiers and horses eat the royalties of the court and lead the soldiers. Most of the general officers were transferred from the court to appoint and belonged to the subordinate officials." After a pause, he said: "In order to prevent the accident of Xichuan, all the soldiers and horses that mobilized more than a thousand people must play the Ming court and be sent by the military department. It can be moved only after signing the troop transfer order. Even the xiaguan can only mobilize the 4,000 soldiers and horses in Chengdu to calm the turmoil at any time."

Qining nodded slightly and said, "That is to say, Li Hongxin has no possibility of mobilizing soldiers and horses?"

"Naturally is impossible." Wei Shutong sneered: "The Emperor Xianyi sent Jinyi old man to calm down Bashu, and he knew that Li Hongxin was not good. After Xichuan calmed down, although he greatly rewarded Li Hongxin, he was given a blockbuster. Enclose the land, let him enjoy the glory and wealth, and retain a thousand Jin officials and guards, but the Emperor Xian is very guarded against this person and will never allow this person to have the right to transfer troops. Although Li Hongxin originally proposed to place his next tiger and wolf general, The imperial court did indeed settle the gang, but they were scattered everywhere, all of them held deputy posts and were under surveillance. Over the years, these people have not had much power among the various ministries and horses."

Qing Ning thought deeply, Wei Shutong asked cautiously: "Is Lord Hou worried?"

Qing Ning shook his head and said with a smile: "I was just thinking, Jian Jianguan did not stabb the prince, what means will Li Hongxin use next."

"Xiaguan will definitely send someone to investigate the matter." Wei Shutong said: "If evidence can be found to prove that Jian Hou Guan's assassination of Lord Hou is Li Hongxin's instigation, there is evidence of Li Hongxin's rebellion. Mingzheng Yanshun's arrest of this person was regarded as a major disaster."

"Since Li Hongxin is arranged in this way, it will not be easy to find a handle." Qi Ning said lightly: "Several assassins have no alive, and there is no evidence for them. Li Hongxin is not worried that he will find his criminal evidence. "Thinking for a while, suddenly said: "Master Wei, I still want to ask you about the temple."

"Does Hou doubt what is wrong with the temple donated by Li Hongxin?" Wei Shutong asked.

Qing Ning said: "You said he has donated more than a dozen temples, but can you know the specific location?" After a slight meal, without waiting for Wei Shu to speak, he continued: "Can you have a map of Xichuan on your side?" "

"Yes." Wei Shutong immediately got up, went out, and sent someone a map of the Xichuan terrain. He returned to the house, and Qi Ning took the map and laid it on the table.

This era is different from later generations. Maps are extremely rare, and maps are rarely circulated among the people.

But Wei Shu is also a history of Xichuan, and Fuchu naturally has an extremely accurate topographic map of Xichuan.

On the map, the sixteen counties of Xichuan are described in detail, especially the topography of the Shu county where the Chengdu government is located.

"Master Wei, the place where Li Hongxin built the temple, can you mark them on the map?" Qi Ning stared at Wei Shutong.

Wei Tongtong saw Qi Ning's serious expression and knew that things were not easy. After thinking for a while, he said: "Hou Ye, the xiaguan knows that Li Hongxin donated more than ten temples and remembers some, but... . Not all temple locations are remembered clearly."

"You mark the location of the temple you know." Qi Ning's voice is serious: "If Li Hongxin donated three or two temples, it may be to hide people's eyes and ears, and show that he has no desire to fight the Buddha. Hehe, His Li family has been in Xichuan for a hundred years, and Li Hongxin is a generation of owls. His hands are full of blood, how could it be so easy to put down the butcher knife."

Wei Shutong raised his eyebrows tightly, took a brush, dipped it in ink, and thought about it carefully. He tapped a few places on the map and applied ink.

When Qi Ning saw him ordering ink, he was obviously familiar with the geographical environment of Xichuan. He thought Wei Shutong was not a mediocre and incompetent person. He only knew that he was in Xichuan because he knew so much about the terrain of Xichuan. It really took a lot of effort.

Wei Shutong placed eight ink dots very cautiously, but the ninth one did not drop. He finally put down his brush and said, "Hou Ye, there is nothing wrong with these eight places, there are several places left. I’m not sure, there are still a few places where I can’t remember."

Wei Shutong is the history of the Xichuan thorns. He manages the 16 counties of Nishikawa. All things are complicated. Li Hongxin Xiu donated temples and other things. Wei Shutong obviously did not care too much before, but he can remember eight places. not easy.

Qing Ning nodded slightly, looked carefully, his fingers gently crossed, and suddenly looked up, said: "Master Wei, you look carefully, what is wrong with the location selected by these temples?"

At this time, Wei Shutong carried his hands on his back, bent over and observed carefully, frowning and said: "There are six of the eight temples known to the Xiaguan near Chengdu, and the remaining two are one, one in Brazil County, one Located in Jiangyang County...!" Squinting eyes, suddenly raised his head and said: "Yes, Xiaguan remembered, the remaining temples, although the exact location of Xiaguan is uncertain, but it seems to be all In Brazil and Jiangyang."

"Not to mention Brazil County and Jiangyang County." Qi Ning pointed to the temples in Shu County on the map. "Six temples surround the Chengdu Prefecture, and almost all are built against the mountain. Hey, Master Wei You don’t realize that these six temples seem to enclose Chengdu?"

Wei Shutong took a closer look, his body shook and lost his voice: "Hou Ye's good eyesight, it really is like this, Xiaguan... Xiaguan has never found this before."

"That's no wonder." Qi Ning said: "Master Wei, when did Li Hongxin start donating the first temple?"

"The first temple donated by Li Hongxin is here." Wei Shutong pointed to an ink spot near Chengdu. "This is Mount Qingcheng and the first temple donated by Li Hongxin." "Think for a while before saying: "That should have been four years ago."

"Four years?" Qi Ning sneered: "In just four years, Li Hongxin donated more than ten temples, which is really generous."

Wei Shutong said: "He returned to Shun court at that time, the court left him a large area of ​​land, and he also rewarded countless gold and silver, let him enjoy the glory and wealth. As far as I know, Li Hongxin sent back privately People do some business, and there are a lot of entries every year. After all, he still has thousands of Jin officials and guards. In addition, he also has some mentors. Although the number is not large, they are very expensive~IndoMTL.com~If Without entry, this group of people will only drink northwest wind."

"No wonder he has so much money to donate."

Wei Shutong frowned: "Li Hongxin has always been a magnificent man, and he was fighting against the imperial court and dissipating his wealth. So he spent a lot of money, and he was not to blame. He died a few years ago, and his funeral was a big funeral. Hundreds of monks were invited, and since then, Li Hongxin has asked monks to go to the palace after a short distance, and Xiaguan also met a few times. It is indeed a monk with profound Dharma, so he began to donate to build temples, and Xiaguan did not have too much. I care too much, and there is nothing wrong with sending someone off to see it, so........."

Qing Ning thought that Li Hongxin was really clever, but before doing anything, he was doing things step by step, confusing his opponent, and then doing things logically, making people careless.

"Master Wei, what do you think are the intention of these six temples surrounding Chengdu?" Qi Ning thought about it. "He chose such a place, it will never be a respite, it must have been planned."

Wei Shutong nodded and said: "Hou Ye said very well, Xiaguan did not think that before, but now looking at the map above, there are many strange things." Can't help but raise his hand to caress, "But six temples, What else can you do?"

"Look at Brazil County and Jiangyang County...!" Qi Ning raised his hand: "Chengdu is in Shu County, Brazil County is in the northeast direction of Shu County, and Jiangyang County is in the southeast direction." Speaking of which, reaching for the brush and connecting the three counties on the map, Wei Shutong saw a triangle jumping on the paper and couldn't help saying: "This is... this is the trend of triangles!"

"The triangle included Shu County, Qianwei County, Zitong County, Jiangyang County and Brazil County all at once." Qi Ning said: "These five counties are the core area of ​​Xichuan, Master Wei , We should understand now, how much distress it contains."