"I know what you are thinking at this moment, and what you are worried about!"

Li Chao stood upright, holding the table with both hands, his eyes swept across the faces of the Liliaoxi lords, the Han people's heroes, and many new Central Plains immigrant representatives.

These are the most prominent and decent people in Lingnan today.

"I know what you are worried about, but I can tell you that you don't have to worry at all."

"The current great situation in Lingnan will not be chaotic. Everyone's interests will not be damaged. This turmoil that is happening in Gaozhou was caused by the Feng family and Xian family, but the court will soon quell it. The turmoil that occurred in Gaozhou will harm all of us and everyone here."

In late August, in the city of Qinzhou.

News of the rebellion between Feng Xian and Gaozhou, Feng Xian, the two families of Gaozhou, had spread. The rebels occupied Gaozhou and were also active in the Yunkai Mountains. At this time, some people in Lingnan were panic. For those people from the Central Plains who came to Lingnan to buy property and shop, if war broke out, their property would be lost.

For those Han and Li people who have lived here for generations, a battle in Lingnan was not what they wanted.

At this time, Li Chao sent people to invite slang people from all rivers and valleys, local Han people's heroes, and representatives of the new immigrants.

Li Chao invited them in the name of the Lingnan Parliament. This was the first meeting of the Lingnan Parliament. A total of more than a thousand people were awarded the title of parliamentarian, and then gathered in Qinzhou to participate in the meeting.

"Lingnan is not only the Lingnan of Li people, but also the Lingnan of early Han immigrants, and the Lingnan of today's new immigrants. This is the Lingnan of the Tang Dynasty and our common Lingnan." Li Chao shouted with his fist, "The Feng and Xian families were once the pride of the Lingnan people. They set an example for the stability and peace of Lingnan. But now, they betrayed the entire Lingnan for their own selfishness."

"Feng Ang has paid the price for his stupidity, and his head is still hanging on the Qinzhou Port Pier."

The prince sat on one side, watching the teacher's passionate speech, his heart full of admiration.

Cui Renshi and Yang Shidao, two Xuanfu envoys, also sat aside.

"Do you think this is necessary?" Cui Ren asked Yang. Cui Ren is the Cui clan of Qinghe, but it is not very close to the Cui branch of Xingyang of Li Chao's wife. Cui Ren is the Xuanfu envoy of Guangxi Dao, but now Li Chao is in charge of Qinzhou, the center of Lingnan has become Qinzhou, and even the center of Guangxi has become Qinzhou.

As the envoy of the Xuanfu of Guangxi and the governor of Yongzhou, he often stays in Qinzhou.

Yang Shidao was a former Sui royal family. His father was Yang Xiong, the king of Guan of the Sui Dynasty, and Yang Gongren, the prime minister of the dynasty, was his brother. With this identity, the Yang family itself has always followed the present, so they are still very powerful in the Zhenguan Dynasty.

"I think King Yue's move is very powerful!"

Yang Shidao thinks Li Chao's parliament is very creative.

The three major forces in Lingnan were brought together, not only to give them the opportunity to speak, but also to make them work hard.

"If I expected, the King of Yue would definitely want the Lord of the Han people to send troops."

"What about these?" Cui Shiren pointed to the new immigrant representatives.

"They might give some money or just bring it over to help."

Cui Shiren followed this idea and found that this was indeed very powerful. Li Chao was not short of soldiers, but Li Chao wanted to mobilize all the local forces to increase his strength. Why?

The meeting ends.

Li Chao's goal was also achieved. The capitals of various slangmen and Han tycoons agreed to draw soldiers to quell the rebellion, and these soldiers were also officially organized into Lingnan Township militias.

All departments and rivers have restrictions on military quotas, and they are registered in the Daozhou County Government.

"Teacher, what is the role of this council?"

"At present, it is only a liaison function, allowing these people to gather together to speak. However, if this council is maintained, it will become an important tool for the imperial court to control the charity of Lingnan. Just like the chamber of commerce we established in the Central Plains, the purpose is to control it."

"Compared to the scattered and chaotic creeks and the tyrants of the Han Dynasty, it is much more convenient for us to have such an organization."

Li Chao told the prince with a smile.

He was telling the truth, but he didn't say it in full.

The council is indeed just a simple dialogue mechanism now, but what Li Chao wants is not simple. At the moment, this is just a hairy dog, but as long as Li Chao feeds it, it will slowly turn into a ferocious giant beast, and it will also be a giant beast that obeys Li Chao's wishes.

Throughout history, no matter what organization is, in the final analysis, the party is the same as the other party.

What Li Chao needs to do is to master the core of this organization and let him follow his wishes.

The parliament was the first step, allowing Li Liao and the Han chiefs to reorganize them into village militias registered in the government. This was the second step.

Step by step, every step is extremely important.

There are many Li Liao and Han chiefs in Lingnan, and countless forces of all sizes are numerous. There are both great heroes like Feng Ningchen who have a thousand miles of land, and Baiyue nobles like Xian Hong's family.

There are also those small tribes entrenched in the mountains.

In the past, Feng Ning and Chen families could not control all the villains on their territory, but Li Chao wanted to control these people.

Late August.

The weather is getting colder.

The Chen family summoned their slaves, tenants, private soldiers and even mercenaries, and began to march into Gaozhou. As well as the lie people in Duan and Longzhou, they also followed the Chen family to send troops.

After the Feng family lost the patriarch Feng Ang and many important members of the family, they had no way to turn back. The Feng family raised all the troops and joined forces with the Xian family, using Gaozhou as the base camp, recruited soldiers everywhere and won over slang people.

The war finally broke out. The three major families of Chen and Feng Xian started one fierce battle after another in Gaozhou, at the foot of Yunkai Mountain, and by the Maoming River.

While the fierce battle in Gaozhou, Li Chao passed the parliament and was also integrating the private soldiers of the Baiyue tribes in Lingnan and the Han tyrants.

Some smaller tribes have the organization of militia battalions, with a quota of one to five hundred people. The government allows them to have the armed forces of the village soldiers within the quota and allow them to hold corresponding armies. While some large tribes can have the organization of militia regiments, or even several large tribes, and also have the organization of militia brigades.

Many slang people went to the big group to report, and a village wanted to report a camp, but if they were a little older, they had to report a group.

In this regard, Li Chao asked people to pass the registration.

"King of Han, the Sanguang, Lingnan, and the registered militias of the three roads have been over 300,000."

Yang Shidao was worried about Li Chaodao.

"Isn't this a good thing? Whether to register or not, these private soldiers are there. Now they take the initiative to register at the government office, and we have a further understanding of their strength. Moreover, with the appointment first, all registered militias belong to the court's reserves. When the court needs it, they have to accept the recruitment and transfer. In other words, we now have a legitimate reason to mobilize these private soldiers."

"King of Yue, more than 300,000, we cannot let them have so many private soldiers. The imperial court stationed in Sanguang, Lingnan, and less than 300,000 troops were stationed. And 300,000 private soldiers were really worrying."

Li Chao chuckled and shook his head.

"Of course 300,000 is just a number. Do you really think there are 300,000 soldiers in Lingnan? 300,000 are just numbers collected by servants, tribes, slaves, tenants, etc. The truly well-trained private soldiers are only a small part. Moreover, there are thousands of miles of Sanguang, Lingnan, and many tribes and many wealthy leaders. Before we came, they had been fighting for hundreds or thousands of years, and now it is impossible to form a solid piece and deal with us together."

The tribes in Lingnan were a mess. Although they had established countries such as Nanyue in history, they were not able to completely unify the tribes at that time.

Why has Lingnan not been truly unified yet?

During the Qin and Han dynasties, although the Central Plains was powerful, the control of the imperial court was in the Central Plains at that time, and even the south of the Yangtze River was beyond the reach, let alone the Lingnan.

After the Han Dynasty, there were hundreds of years of disputes in the Central Plains. Wars continued and turbulent. The Jin Dynasty crossed south and developed the land of Wu and Yue, but Lingnan was still far from reach.

The land of Lingnan has always lacked a strong force to dominate.

Now the Tang Dynasty is this dominant force.

In the past, Feng Ning and Chen were just Han immigrant families who went south. With the power of one clan, they could build a large area of ​​territory in Lingnan. With the strength of the court today, they would only be stronger than them.

Pingyang has been a little unhappy lately.

Originally, the two of them lived a good life.

Even during this period, she has a good relationship with Lao Tieqian. She is not as embarrassed and despicable as before. Now Lao Tieqian is very satisfied with her and has officially recognized that she is the daughter-in-law of the Li family.

But today, an uninvited guest arrived.

Cui Yingying sent Zheng Hongxian and Zhao Siniang to come, saying that she was taking care of Li Chao's daily life.

"She must be just not satisfied with me here."

"She is jealous of me."

Li Chao asked with a smile, "Who are you talking about her?"

"Who else, of course it's her, Cui Yingying."

"Don't think so much, you two are thousands of miles apart, and you are still jealous of her."

Pingyang pouted and cared very much. She felt that Cui Yingying was not generous and took away her son. Now she had to take away the rare time she and Sanlang were together.

"Forget it, I'll go to Xin'anzhou tomorrow."

Xin'anzhou is located south of Qinzhou and north of Jiaozhou, and is affiliated to Guangnan Road. Hongji Coal Mine is now officially named Haimen Coal Mine, and Hongji Port is also known as Haimen Port.

Pingyang didn't want to see Hongxian and Si Niang, so he planned to live there.

"Sanlang, I have always been curious about Zhao Si Niang. Why don't you bring her into the game?" Pingyang asked.

"Si Niang used to be my neighbor, but later became the housekeeper of the inner courtyard of the family. Later, my father accepted her as her adopted daughter, so he is now my adopted sister. Let me say that, I am innocent and I."
Chapter completed!