The prince pondered and said: "If there is a peace talk, then our side should have made preparations early. The Tatars are currently weak and have internal strife. As long as we handle it properly, we Dachu will surely gain the upper hand."

The emperor thought for a while and nodded, then looked at Qin Xinfang and Gu Jingyun, "What do you think?"

"The minister seconded the proposal." Although Gu Jingyun did not agree to use troops against the Tatars, of course he would have to do his best to deceive the other party.

The main fighters are right in saying that the Tatars have made more and more progress over the years, looting the people of Dachu almost every year. Although the scale is small and the casualties are not many, it also caused heavy losses to the people at the border.

It would be good to deter them with this peace talk.

After talking about the business, the emperor thought of the people in the side hall and asked Director Su to invite Bai Yitang and the others.

The emperor had already received the secret letter from the head of the guard in advance, knowing that they spent all the money they earned on disaster relief, and recently he also discovered the records about Lingtianmen from some case files of the royal family, and his attitude towards Bai Yitang at this time was still Not bad.

The attitude towards Li Baolu is even better.

The emperor looked at her and joked with a smile: "In the future, you will be the head of the Lingtian sect and Qinghe's daughter-in-law, so won't you leave Qinghe behind and become a thief?"

Li Baolu said solemnly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, no matter where I go, I will not leave Qinghe behind, not to mention the cleanliness of officials, even if I want to, I have nowhere to steal it."

"You're flattering yourself." The emperor laughed and cursed, and began to look through the account book presented by the chief guard. He only flipped through a few pages before closing it, and looked up at Bai Yitang, who was smiling with his head down. Chuang, I don’t know if it’s true or not.”

"Your Majesty, my Lingtian Sect's genealogy is outside, which records the origin of Lingtian Sect."

The emperor looked at Mr. Su, Mr. Su hurriedly bowed down, and soon someone brought up a box, Mr. Su opened it, and what caught his eyes was three bright yellow imperial decrees. Present it to the emperor before going to the case, and then go to get the old family tree on the top.

The emperor was also taken aback, he didn't expect to see the imperial decree in the hands of a Jianghu sect.

He opened the oldest one, it was the imperial decree from the time of Emperor Gaozu of the Great Wei Dynasty, the decree was very simple, it allowed Lingtianmen to act cheaply in the Great Wei Dynasty, as long as they did not cooperate with the enemy, betray the country, or harm the common people, the imperial court and other local governments would not harm Lingtianmen.

It seems that the rumors recorded in the royal case are true. It is possible that the Lingtian Gate was created by King Ren. A prince actually ran to build a sect dedicated to stealing things?

The emperor went to look up the second imperial decree, and when he saw the inscription of the second imperial decree, his eyebrows twitched involuntarily, and he looked at the third imperial decree involuntarily, with a strong guess in his heart.

This is the imperial decree given to Ling Tianmen by Emperor Taizu of the previous dynasty, not the imperial decree of the Great Wei Dynasty. The above content is similar to the previous imperial decree, but it is also to protect Ling Tianmen.

The emperor silently opened the third imperial decree. Sure enough, the prediction came true. It was inscribed by Emperor Taizu of Great Chu. What surprised him was that there was a seal of his grandfather Emperor Qianyuan behind it. Approved by at least two emperors.

He looked up at Bai Yitang, his eyes gradually became sharper.

This is no ordinary Jianghu sect.

Bai Yitang stood indifferently, "Your Majesty, why don't you take a look at the family tree of Ling Tianmen. Director Su hurriedly presented the family tree in his hand."

The emperor took it in silence.

Ling Zimo is the younger brother of Emperor Gaozu of the Great Wei Dynasty, and also the younger brother of the same mother. He was born weak. In order to save his life, he was sent to Shaolin Huitong monk to cultivate when he was seven or eight years old.

One is that Huitong is proficient in medical theory and can take care of and treat Ling Zimo at all times; the other is that Shaolin martial arts are exquisite and can strengthen the body;

Emperor Gaozu was twelve years older than Ling Zimo, and he loved and favored his younger brother very much. Ling Zimo was equally intelligent, and returned to the palace as an adult to help Emperor Gaozu do a lot of things.

Later, when the court was stable, Ling Zimo was influenced by Shaolin and liked to travel among the people, and he inevitably witnessed some injustices during his travels.

He has a chivalrous heart, so he often draws his sword to help. Once this kind of thing is done, it is difficult to stop, so Ling Zimo slowly made a name for himself in the world.

General grievances can be resolved by force, but some things cannot be resolved by force alone, especially when encountering corrupt officials and eunuchs, at the beginning he will use his power to suppress others and use his status as a prince to punish lawbreakers Later, he encountered many officials who violated discipline, so he simply stopped interrogating himself, but took evidence secretly and threw it to the higher-level officials.

It was also at this time that Ling Zimo began to think about creating Ling Tianmen.

Emperor Gaozu wished that his younger brother would help him deal with the lawless people in the locality. Seeing that his younger brother liked Jianghu affairs, he gave Ling Tianmen an imperial decree of protection with a big stroke of his pen.

Unexpectedly, the Lingtianmen will grow bigger and bigger in the future, although the whole school has always only had two masters and apprentices, but there are countless servants under it.

And the money accumulated by Ling Tianmen will play a big role whenever there are major natural and man-made disasters in Wei Dynasty. At this time, Emperor Gaozu and Ling Zimo can really face Lingtianmen squarely.

But in order to restrict the development of Lingtianmen and prevent its power from expanding to hinder the court, Ling Zimo made a rule that each generation of Lingtianmen can only accept one disciple, and only the headmaster can know the secrets of Lingtianmen.

There is only one person, and his servants are only responsible for selling the stolen goods, so the Lingtianmen's scale is limited, and it will not hinder the court and the people.

Moreover, Ling Tianmen is not a system of blood inheritance, and Ling Zimo did not require his disciples to be loyal to the Wei royal family, so his descendants struggled for a long time when the dynasty changed, and they still followed their hearts and helped the former dynasty destroy Wei and establish new order.

Opening the family tree, there was also a letter of apology from the head of the sect and the patriarch on it, obviously he was also a little nervous.

After all, the patriarch is the royal family of Wei, but they turned against the royal family in the end.

However, after that incident, the emperor Taizu of the former dynasty had a good feeling for Lingtianmen, and later saw that Lingtianmen would help the court to relieve disasters every time. bless them.

But in Dachu, the situation is similar.

The difference is that the emperor's grandfather, Emperor Qianyuan, stamped his own private seal after Taizu.

Emperor Qianyuan was in power for a short time, but his reign was recognized as the rule of ZTE.

The emperor jumped to look, and soon found the record of his grandfather's family genealogy when he was in power.

According to records, Emperor Qianyuan was very miserable at the beginning of his accession to the throne. Great Chu suffered a disastrous defeat in the war with the Tatars. It's not emptiness, it's not a penny.

The emperor knew about this period of history, and it was recorded in the imperial secret volume that his grandfather could not even give the officials' salaries at that time.

Of course, it is impossible for Lingtianmen to support a country, but it helped Emperor Qianyuan in the most difficult time, because they helped the victims and bought a batch of grain and farm tools, so Emperor Qianyuan was able to breathe and relieve the pain. Domestic conflicts, and urgently issued a policy of light corvee and low taxes, and personally went out of the palace to ask for support from various aristocratic families. With all their strength, this brought back the big Chu that was about to destroy the country.

The family tree of Lingtianmen has a lot of praises for Emperor Qianyuan. It is obvious that the current head likes this emperor very much, so the records are quite detailed.

The emperor rubbed his fingers over the words that recorded his grandfather's suffering and hard work, and was filled with emotion for a moment.

The head of Lingtianmen admired Emperor Qianyuan, and Emperor Qianyuan also admired him, so he tried his best to find him, and stamped his private seal on the imperial decree left by Taizu.

Emperor Qianyuan's thoughts are very straightforward. With his imprint, future generations will pay more attention to Lingtianmen.

He hoped that when his descendants encountered problems like him again in the future, Ling Tianmen could help them again.

Only now did the emperor understand why Bai Yitang showed his power unabashedly, but he made it clear that he would not hand over that power to the court.

This is his reliance, his greatest reliance!

It is not necessary to abide by the words of the ancestors, but if the foundation is not shaken, the emperor and descendants will not go against the aspirations of the ancestors.

So the emperor closed the family tree, rolled up the imperial decree and handed it to Li Baolu, "This is the foundation of your Lingtian sect, please keep it."

"yes."

The corners of Bai Yitang's mouth curled up slightly.

The emperor looked at him and asked suspiciously: "Since you have the imperial decree, why didn't you take it out back then? If the emperor saw the imperial decree in your hand, he would definitely not sentence you to exile."

Bai Yitang sneered in his heart, he would not be sentenced to exile, but Ling Tianmen was also destroyed, maybe he will be imprisoned in the capital for the rest of his life, what is the difference between that and exile in Qiongzhou?

The first emperor was not the same as today, that person was suspicious and narrow-minded, and loved to calculate and balance power. If there was a power in the dark that he could not control, he would rather deal with it quickly than think about the ethics and morality in it.

Moreover, Ling Tianmen was very rich at that time, and the things in the warehouse were equivalent to the treasury of Da Chu. Even if he was the emperor, he would definitely be moved when he saw it.

It's not like now, except for the house, the few acres of land under the mountain and their master and apprentice, there is nothing left in Lingtianmen, so they are dispensable to the court.

Although Bai Yitang is a rough person, he has a very keen judgment on danger. If he hadn't been sure of his safety, he wouldn't have exposed Ling Tianmen.

Of course, this cannot be said to the emperor, no matter how bad the first emperor is, he is still his father, Qin Xinfang and Gu Jingyun can say it, but he can't say it.

So Bai Yitang said with a righteous face: "Return to Your Majesty, I, Ling Tianmen, have never thought of doing anything with the imperial decree. , There is no need to take this thing out."

Bai Yitang's face was righteous and awe-inspiring. Except for Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu, everyone else believed it and looked at him with some admiration.

The smile on the emperor's lips was even more gentle, and he said with a smile: "You Lingtianmen should keep the imperial decree and family tree by yourself, but the royal family must copy and file a copy."

Perhaps it was the request of Lingtianmen. There were only a few rumors and speculations recorded by the royal families in the past, and there were no exact detailed records. Otherwise, the emperor would have known about Lingtianmen, and why did he wait for Bai Yitang to come to the door in person?

In this regard, the former and current head of Ling Tianmen have no objection.

Copy it, copy it, I don't know when Lingtianmen will move, so what's the use if you copy it?

There are only two people in Ling Tianmen.

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