Power and Empire Chapter 3192: Lu Jiajun (5)

In a wine shop in Xinjing, China, by the window, several Chinese scribes are talking in low voices. In August, Xinjing, countless yellow flowers are scattered in the autumn breeze, and the rain gradually increases. Often after a rain, the city is washed clean, like a shining gem, news from the south is also impacting the city,

"Have you heard that the court has ordered the opening of the northern passage so that the Aden people who have troubled Luzhou will attack the northern empire"

"It's true, if that's the case, then there will be a good show!" With a somewhat surprised voice

"Huh! Neither the empires nor the Adenites are good things. If they are not of my race, their hearts will be different. Let them bite the dog to approve." Someone looked angry in the seats and said every word." When the exhaustion of fighting is exhausted, the court will rise up the army, and it will surely be able to take back the north in one effort and drive the empire out of Central and Biya completely."

“Emperor’s military force is the world, even with the assistance of the Aden people, it’s not that simple to drive the empire away.” Some people expressed disagreement.

"Now I am no longer in Zhongbia. Even if I am a fierce Yelu family, don’t you have to negotiate with us? The Emperor Lijia is before, don’t forget, the battle of Deyang, I am The emperor who had beaten Biya had a lot of farts, and finally had to retreat to the north of the big river."

"So, this time the Chaotang teamed up with the Aden people to advance northward, which is really an incredible move."

"It's more than terrible, it's just a stroke of magic. The return of the holy monarch is really extraordinary. The two jumping clowns, the Empire and the Aden people, are not caught by hand!" The middle-aged scribes said this, and the corner of his mouth was filled with excitement. The voice, but the eyes are looking at the people listening in the wine shop. If there are a few well-dressed nobles, then they have to show an impassioned expression

After the Chaotang’s decree on the promotion of talents, young children from all over the world swarmed in. The last time the promotion of talents was held in the era of the singing banquet ten years ago, because of cruel wars and turmoil, In the past ten years, how many Chinese and Bahraini literati have been squeezed, and now the court reopens the appointees. Naturally, if they break their heads, they will also go to Beijing to drill. In this case, in order to attract the attention of the great gate lords of the new capital, the scribes were even more eloquent about the Aden Army’s northward advance, pointing the country, as long as their speech and opinions attracted the attention of the powerful and powerful, then they would be far away. It goes a step further, if his own opinions reach the emperor’s ears, then it’s even more ideal

Since the situation has gradually stabilized, the Yelu family of the emperor has signed an armistice agreement with the Zhongbia court, always worrying about the huge shadow of the steppe people going south, and it seems that they will also go away. ~~щww~suimеng~lā I have to say that the city’s resilience in Central and Bahia is amazing. It has a huge population base and a stable farming society model for thousands of years. As the society gradually stabilizes, the impact of being defeated by the imperial capital twice is still It has not been completely eliminated. The street market became lively again. Scholars and ladies began to bustle in the streets and alleys again, and in front of the most famous Washe Gate in Xinjing, the scene of red sleeves all over the building began again. As for the war that was still erupting in the early part of Luzhou in the south, it is for the people of Xinjingzhong. , It seems to be a very distant matter, what the **** battle in Luzhou, what the fall of the Lu family base camp, and what warning signs are all just far away. No matter what kind of beacon, it will not burn to Xinjing! But for the court, and for those who are interested, this time the Aden Army marched northward, but it was a battle between the central court and the local cliques

Several Chinese and Belgian scribes in blue shirts are sitting between the screens. This elegant room was set up in separate seats, and every scribe was placed in front of a few cases with good fish and fruit, but did not move. The lively city from outside came in uncontrollably, keeping it in the past. This kind of weather is the perfect weather when the wind is empty, while drinking and singing, but today this private room is closed with flying windows, and the sun is projected from the window lattices, reflecting deep and shallow shadows on the faces of these scribes. , Everyone looks. They were all very serious. The Lu family was defeated in Lujiang, and the court was immediately beaten down by a series of combination punches. If the court did not collude with the Aden people, it would be a lie.

"The Chaotang’s test for the selection of talents this time is basically to let each family take hostages. It is said that even the list has been drawn up, and it is placed on the table of the prime minister, Yu Fenglong." One of them The gloomy scribe said angrily

"Who said no, and the 200,000 Aden Army marching northward, the consumption along the way is not a small figure. The court obviously won't pay the money, and it will eventually fall to the local cliques, the Aden people Cruel, it was so good that a Luzhou was almost empty. It was just after entering Shannan, one hundred miles away from Luzhou, that the three cities in Shannan were burned. Even the Fang family, who had been in Shannan province for more than a hundred years, was all taken away by the Yading army. I copied my hometown without hesitation. If it weren’t for the Fang family’s running fast, I’m afraid that even the Fang family’s third-tier family would no longer exist. Chaotang simply used the local celebrities to feed the Adenites, and then let the Adenites and the empire. Desperately, these collected wealth, in the end, still sat in the court and reaped the benefits. Obviously, it was a strategy of killing people with the knife. If we don't move at all, I am afraid that until the end of the judging test, the local cliques will only bow to the court. "Another scribe said solemnly, "but one thing looks good, that is, everyone thinks that the court’s holding of the examination of the talents at this moment has ulterior motives, so they are all spontaneously resisting."

"With the example of the Lu family, who would dare to believe the court! Just look at the Lu family and you will know that even if it is loyal like the Lu family, the center of the court has abandoned it, and the tens of thousands of people in the Lu family are just like that. He died in vain, and afterwards he had to be labeled a non-compliance with the military order. "Speaking of what happened to the Lu family, everyone was dismal. Although the Lu family is a military town, they have always treated the court in terms of loyalty. Loyal, the court treats the Lu family like this now, who still believes that the court treats the local clans sincerely, Brother Bi has any good suggestions and just said that there are no outsiders here, and everyone’s goals are even more consistent."

"Yes, Brother Bi said directly." Hearing the words of the middle-aged scribes, other people were moved. Local families often moved the whole body together, united and confronted each other. This was also the time when the Central Court was unable to start. The reason, and now, the court wants to use the sharp knife of the Aden army to move north to cut the mess quickly. How is this possible? You won't make me feel better, and I won't make you feel better

The middle-aged scribe glanced over the others. "I believe everyone knows what the Central Court lacks most. Since Luzhou was occupied by the Aden people, the Central Court's southern tax revenue in the third quarter has not The law is collected, and now the whole court is poor, and even Dong Jing can’t send it out. After you go back, you only need to deduct the court tax. When the central court is in a hurry, you can have a chance to sit down and talk."

"The method is good, but the tax is blatantly deducted in this way, for fear that it will be pursued..."Some people hesitate, but none of the people in this room are prominent figures on the table. Some are the core personnel of the local sects, and some are the confidants of the chief think tanks of certain sects. In short, they are all representatives of local forces. They didn't care much about how the Aden people made trouble in Luzhou, but now the court allows the Aden people to move north. It is exploded. As a local power that covers the sky with only one hand, it has privileges and can enjoy wealth safely. What important military affairs, what determines the battle of the national fortune, and how many soldiers lay down their lives to save Wu's crisis. None of this is in their minds. They only know that no one can threaten the life and wealth of this privileged ruling class, and don’t want to swallow up their interests in vain. The court suppresses the Lu family. They can ignore it, but the court It’s another matter that even the vulgar hands who don’t care about it will hit them.

The scribe smiled slightly. "Although Luzhou has been recovered, it has just gone through a catastrophe. Bandits in the country have been rampant, and it is normal for the fleet of transporting finances and taxes to be temporarily blocked. The current plan is to completely resist the examination of talented people on the one hand, and the other On the one hand, in any case, the Southern Finance and Taxation cannot be passed, and all means must be used to prevent the court from receiving a single point! We must let the Zhongbia court know that we are not the backyard of the Central court, let alone just letting it go. For the victims that can be thrown out, we must let the Central Chaotang know that it will be difficult for the Central Chaotang to move away from us!"

"Yes, we are not the backyard of the Central Court, nor are they just taking whatever they want." Others agreed. If it was before, it would be fine. Now we have gone through four or five years of central unregulated state. The suppression by the central government of the court, the local families are used to their own governance, and now they still want them to consciously return to their original state, who will agree! The scribe waved his hand to the servant next to him, and soon a covenant agreement was sent up. The scribe first signed his name and seal, and the others signed the seal of their family one after another.

Prime Minister's Mansion

The Prime Minister of China and Biya, Yu Fenglong, asked officials from the Ministry of Ritual to inquire about the situation of the Juxian Examination. As an important measure to pull local families, it is also a weather vane of local forces' attitude towards the court, but the situation looks very different. Miao, after reading the report with his eyebrows, he raised his head and looked at a standing official of the Ministry of Rites, and asked in a condensed voice, "This time, how can there be so few people from all over the country? There is no half of them, is there a mistake in registration?"

"Adults, there was no error in registration. Small ones can use their heads to ensure that there are really only such a number of children from all over the world who came to register." The official of the Ministry of Etiquette wearing a red robe was already very scared. Khan, tremblingly replied, "Little suspicion, these local families are joining hands to resist the "Executive"

"Hmph, overwhelmingly!" Yu Fenglong's nose snorted incitingly, stood up, and pressed his hands heavily on the table

"Master, the emergency report from the north", the head housekeeper of the Yu family hurriedly met from outside and handed a report with both hands. Yu Fenglong took the report and opened the cover with his fingers. His eyes swept over, his face couldn't help. Slightly discolored, the empire opened up to sell ordnance to the southern forces. This is indeed an accident. The consequences of the reshuffle of Dijing West Road began to appear, and the originally monopolized arms trade was broken

Close the report in his hand, Yu Fenglong's mouth suddenly smiled, Tang Yu could not help but jumped with hatred in his mind. The sudden release of the empire's arms trade to the south did not matter to him. But for the military, it is like a thunderbolt in the sky. "Has this report been given to the military?"

"It was just sent, but it has not been sent to the military" the old steward replied

"Send a copy to the military department." Yu Fenglong raised his eyebrows and handed the report back to the steward, and said in a cold voice, "Achaotang's finances are exhausted, and the military should also bear part of it

It is no secret that the military department sells old replacement weapons in private, and this traditional practice has a history of more than a hundred years, and it is already an undisclosed secret. Now it has been disrupted by the empire and the military department’s weapons sales I'm afraid that there will be no profit. Who doesn't know that the Imperial Armament is the best, and the price of the ordnance on the Dijing West Road is also quite low. If the military department has the same price as the Dijing West Road, it will lose a lot

Yu Fenglong seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly called to the housekeeper, and said, "There is also to ask the military department on the way. Has the military department sent candidates to Luzhou has been determined? Luzhou has been operating in the Lu family for decades. It can be said that there is a piece of iron that cannot be inserted into the needle and cannot be poured in. If it were not for the people of Aden to knock on the door of Luzhou~IndoMTL.com~ We still don’t know when Luzhou will be returned to the court. In order to prevent the Lu family from meeting Luzhou, I, Yu Fenglong, are not hesitating to be stigmatized. I hope that the military can confirm the candidate as soon as possible. No matter who he is, I only have one request. That is the first thing after arriving in Luzhou, which is to make every effort to root out the power of the Lu family in Luzhou. From "

"Yes, I see"

The butler trembled slightly and took the report and left

"Luzhou..."

Yu Fenglong took a deep breath, rubbed his temples, and stretched his arms exhaustedly. I don’t know why, but he always had an unknown feeling in his heart. Using the power of the people of Aden, he severely inflicted Lu's family and was hit again. Forcibly deducting military spending for three years, within ten years is no longer a concern. It is not important that the local celebrities boycott the appointees. What the court wants is an excuse to take the opportunity to attack. As long as the Aden Army enters the war with the empire, the court will cost 100,000 yuan. The army will take advantage of this gap to eliminate all the regional cliques that resisted the central government. Without the Lu family's military power as a guarantee, what other storms can be caused by these local forces?

As long as the place is fully restored to the central government, the name of his Yu Fenglong generation Zhongxing Xianxiang is destined to be written into the history of China and Biya. When Yu Fenglong's current status and identity, in addition to power, it is to seek The name goes down in history.