first minister

The late Emperor of Northern Liang, a talented and strategist, first worked hard to provoke the rebellion in the East, and then asked Xue Wenlu to lead a mission to the Southern Dynasty to put pressure. While everyone's attention was focused on Yuyan Prefecture and the mission, he ordered the King of Zhennan to The surprise attack on Qingchuan Pass and Yanhui Pass was intended to reverse the general trend between the north and the south.

If Jiang Yuhu hadn't descended from the sky like a god of death, like the God of Death, the battle in Beiliang might really have been able to exert its majesty for decades and take an important step towards unifying the world.

Although it failed in the end, it left a deep impression on Yelvshi, who had experienced the whole process.

This time, Yelvshi followed suit. He used his own son as bait to send a mission to the Southern Dynasties, which was also a realistic deception.

He is now in charge of the power of Beiliang, and the war situation east of Yuyan State is no secret to him.

With his ability and strategic layout, after reading the draft agreement given to him by Xia Jingyun, and considering the current situation, he already recognized the feasibility of Xia Jingyun's plan.

In this case, he would naturally go out to seize the territory.

Because it is said that the shops will be under unified management at that time, but the management of the shops belongs to the management. If this land is mine, can the firm not give me any additional benefits if it wants to use it?

The so-called dividends are also profit-sharing dividends, right?

Just like the territory east of Swift State, Nanchao has now seized the opportunity, will he not receive some benefits?

They sent troops, money, and painstaking efforts to defeat it. Is it possible that they can really give half of it to Daliang?

These are all things that can be understood with a little thought, and when powerful ministers are in power, foreign conquests are one of the best ways to centralize power.

Nanyang is indeed beyond his reach, but he is about to seize the absolute advantage in the vast territory of the Western Region that he is already familiar with.

He stood with his hands behind his hands and turned to look to his right, which was the so-called Western Region in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Yelu Xiu, I hope you can shine this time and let the world know that the Yelu family also has the Dinghai Shenzhen!
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Daxia, Zhongjing.

The morning sun was rising, and the world was getting warmer, but it was not dry yet. The morning wind was still a little cool and blew into the main hall.

It moved closer curiously, observing everyone's expressions, then rose up and left, surrounding the beams and pillars, quietly watching the actions of these people.

The Queen Mother's voice was as pleasant as the sweet sound of bead curtains clashing.

"My dear friends, the evils in the government have been deep. If we don't make up our minds and take strong medicine, the country of Great Xia, the glory of hundreds of officials, and the livelihood of all people will all be difficult. At this time, the country is in danger of overthrowing, and we must always be prepared to revive it. Ambition. Now that all officials have reached consensus on this new policy, there must be no slander, sarcasm, obstruction, or disobedience."

She paused, "As for the big families in the country, they have contributed to the peace of the people and the maintenance of stability in the local area. The Ai family and your majesty also see it. Xia Aiqing, if you have any regulations, tell me!"

Xia Jingyun was stunned. According to his original plan, his sister was supposed to talk about this matter herself in order to benevolent to the ministers, but he didn't expect that she would suddenly change her mind for him.

But Xia Jingyun was naturally aware of the good intentions in it. Feeling moved, he stepped out of the queue and spoke loudly.

"Everyone, the imperial court's expansion of trade routes this time is to gather the power of the two dynasties and create a greater momentum, in order to eliminate military disasters, expand the territory, and support the country. When designing the general business name to oversee this matter, I In accordance with the wishes of the Empress Dowager, Xiang specially reserved 10% of the share capital for officials in the court and other wealthy families. Although this 10% of the share capital does not seem to be much, you must know that the Beiliang court only has 30%. Moreover, this is private property, but If it is passed down to descendants, the country will last forever.”

"Naturally, this 10% share will not be directly rewarded or distributed, but will be divided into many shares after the peace negotiation is negotiated and the central committee will discuss it, and the subscription regulations will be promulgated. You can rest assured."

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this. The new deal would inevitably cause heavy losses to their interests, which is why they tried their best to obstruct the new deal.

But now that the obstructive offensive has been broken down, they were overjoyed that they were not held accountable, but they did not expect that there would be an unexpected surprise.

They are not fools. If a matter is so big that both the imperial courts of the two countries can only occupy 30 to 40% of the share capital, even if they take a fraction of it, they will be rich enough.

The sequence of this is very subtle, and it also tests the ability of execution. Fortunately, everything is developing as Xia Jingyun expected, and it finally plays the expected role at this moment.

After receiving a solid blow from the stick, this candied date really made these representatives of the wealthy family feel the refreshing sweetness.

Seeing the uncontrollable excitement on everyone's faces, Xia Jingyun paused, "Everyone, today in front of the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, I would like to take the liberty to say one more thing, and say a few words that should not be said in front of the king. The country's dynasty is The foundation of all our people in Daxia, if the dynasty is gone, our current interests and glory will be gone. The Queen Mother and Her Majesty know that under the new policy, you will inevitably suffer losses, so in the Western Regions, in the Eastern Regions, and in Nanyang, Giving everyone vast space and huge benefits, how wise and benevolent is this?"

Everyone quickly realized what was going on and shouted in unison, "Thank you, Queen Mother, Your Majesty for your kindness!"

Xia Jingyun continued: "Now, the direction is clear. The imperial court is leading the way and overcoming obstacles for everyone. The imperial court is also supporting us behind the scenes to be our strong backing! We need policy for policy, money and food for money and food, soldiers accompanying us, and strong troops to suppress the battle. Your fields are all there, your servants are like clouds, and your wealth is unparalleled. Moreover, that is what the country allows you. How great your achievements are depends on how capable you are and how determined you are! "

He changed the topic and said in a deep tone, "As for the country, you should instruct your family members to abide by the decrees and not do things you regret. If under such circumstances, you are still stubborn, then don't blame the court. If you punish them without teaching, you should know that there are Bodhisattvas with low eyebrows and Vajras with angry eyes!"

Everyone looked solemn and said, "I will obey Prime Minister Xia's words."

Behind the bead curtain, the Queen Mother spoke again.

"My dear families, the homeland of the country is the foundation. Only with the support of all the people can you have the glory you have today. Xia Aiqing has a saying that deeply touches the hearts of my family. Water can carry a boat and it can also overturn it. You should take this warning into consideration."

Water can carry a boat but also capsize it

Many people's hearts were shocked.

At this moment, the guards outside the palace, who had been silent for a while, came again.

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, there are hundreds of Imperial College students wearing academic robes and sitting quietly outside the palace gate, demanding that the treacherous prime minister be dismissed, the New Deal be abolished, the gentry be treated well, and the country be stabilized."

As soon as these words came out, many people in the palace felt as if they were struck by lightning. They hurriedly came out and knelt down in the eyes of the people around them who were indifferent to their own misfortune and said, "Queen Mother."

After the overall situation was decided, Concubine De couldn't help but feel a little funny. She took two deep breaths behind the bead curtain to calm her tone and then said: "Give them half an hour to leave. If they don't leave after half an hour, that is Another excuse. If nothing happens, just retreat from the court."

Everyone hurriedly shouted and knelt down to worship, and then Xia Jingyun slowly turned around and stepped forward, but several calls came from behind him, "Xia Xiang."

Xia Jingyun turned his head, looking at the anxious but daring look of the person behind him, and laughed dumbly, "Go, don't miss the Queen Mother's orders, there will be no etiquette today."

"Thank you Xia Xiang."

As he spoke, more than a dozen court officials hurried past them and ran toward the palace gate. They looked funny and ridiculous.

A court official looked at the back of a familiar figure and joked: "Master Cheng is walking very fast. I remember that I was not in such a hurry when we first welcomed the bride."

Bai Yun snorted softly from the side, "That's to create a son, and this is to save his son, can it be the same?"

Everyone was stunned, Xia Jingyun turned to look at him, "Master Bai, don't lose the dignity of the center."

Bai Yunbian snorted, obviously dissatisfied.

Outside the palace, many people had gathered around, whispering to each other and watching with interest.

Those eyes were shining brightly, and it seemed that they had already thought about how to brag in front of the neighbors.

At the center of their gaze, more than a hundred young students wearing Imperial robes were sitting quietly in the broad square in front of the palace gate.

It is where hundreds of officials are waiting to go to court, and it is also where many of them will stand in the future, but today they are willing to bet on the possibility of standing here in the future to make their voices heard.

The door of Miyagi City opened silently.

The Imperial Consecration Wine rushed out in a hurry, shouting out of breath, "What are you doing! You are looking for death! Get up!"

But he pulled and kicked, but no one got up.

"You are against me! Let me tell you! Anyone who can't afford it can't even hope to successfully graduate from the Imperial College! If you can't graduate, I'll see how you can take the imperial examination!"

Under Ji Jiu's murderous words, some people who were instigated and instigated could not help but hesitate. But at this moment, the leading students looked directly at Ji Jiu and said with emotion, "Hu Ji Jiu! You don't need to use this." Wait for the words of power to threaten and oppress us! We are here today to be prepared to risk our lives for the future, and we are going to challenge the authority! We are going to show the world what it means to be a scholar with unyielding pride!"

"Fuck your mother's pride!"

A loud shout suddenly sounded from behind, and the student who opened his mouth glared angrily, "Who dares to slander the world's scholars? Dad?"

"Proud of your mother's bones! How did I educate you since you were a child! You have grown a few hairs and you are here talking about government affairs!"

When he got angry, the official pulled off his belt and whipped his son head-on.

"Dad, what are you doing? You didn't call me." "I taught you to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic!" The official interrupted quickly and said sternly: "I didn't teach you to be so disobedient and rebellious!!!"

Immediately afterwards, more courtiers rushed in, accurately grabbed their sons, nephews, and descendants in the crowd, and responded with an old punch. Under the eyes of everyone, there was a "righteous killing of relatives"!

"Who do you think you are? How dare you discuss the government's affairs!"

"We, the great clan, have always been loyal to the Lord, and have no regard for His Majesty's orders, even life or death! You have lost your mind and gone crazy!"

"Return to the traitor, I think you look like a traitor! No, how can you be a prime minister, you are such a bastard!"

"The New Deal will be of great benefit to the country, but your stupid heads can't understand it! I'll beat you to death for your misbehavior!"

A group of masterminds who were secretly instigating this event violently beat up the person in charge of the event on the spot, making the other person run away with his head in his arms, and turned the event into a complete farce.

It is not easy for anyone else to deal with this matter, and it is easy for Qingliu scholars to blame it. Only these fathers, uncles, and elders can handle this matter so unscrupulously and logically without causing excessive discussion in the government and the public. .

The onlookers stared at this magical turn in stunned silence. They could not close their jaws for a long time, and it took a long time for them to start talking.

"Tsk, tsk, I thought that these big clans were just worms in the country, but I didn't expect that they would understand the righteousness so well and be willing to support the New Deal with all their strength. It seems that I am judging a gentleman with a villain's heart."

"What! He must have been taken care of by Xia Xiang. Haven't you seen the commotion in the city these days? You still understand the righteousness, and you believe whatever others play for you?"

"What you're saying is that I don't believe anything I've seen with my own eyes. I want to believe your random speculations?"

"Stop fighting. No matter what, this new policy seems to be unstoppable!"

"Yeah, I don't know if it's good or bad."

"How much does good or bad matter to us? The imperial city is so far from home, how can we still cause chaos? Let's go for a walk and have a drink!"

As this massive court battle came to an end, some decrees that should have been issued long ago finally came.

Two important central ministers, former Prime Minister Wan Wenbi and former imperial censor Yan Songwen, were directly sentenced to death for committing many serious crimes such as conspiracy, corruption, and selling out their official positions.

This was an expected result, but what was a little unexpected was that, except for the core clan members who could not escape death, all of their relatives, like the Jiuhe Wang family and others, were sentenced to exile.

But for them, there was no choice in this place of exile. They were all taken to Nanyang by Xia Jingyun.

The Nanyang side is still waiting for the return of the explorers sent by the Qin family in the early stage, so these people are slowly being driven to the ports along the coast of Guanglingzhou to wait.

Just when some people felt that these people had committed a serious crime of treason after all, and the court seemed somewhat benevolent and weak, another piece of news came out.

Xuanhu, the former leader of Heibingtai, committed the crime of treason and will be sentenced to death in the execution ground tomorrow.

As soon as the news came out, everyone was in awe.

Lingchi, it’s been so many years.

With kindness and authority, this court seems not only not to be weak, but also very particular!

The next day, in the middle of Zhongjing City, there was the Western Market.

The open space here is where Daxia's executions are carried out all year round.

In the gaps between the bluestone slabs, there is a dark brown color that has not gone away over the years.

The flies that stay around all day are like messengers on the road to hell, calling for the next loser in this fame and fortune fair.

Groups of prisoners were brought up.

Crying, cursing, trembling, and incontinence are all the manifestations of life before death.

And their life-ending performance has become an enduring topic of conversation among onlookers.

The executioners, who were used to seeing this, calmly picked up their wine bowls and sprayed a mouthful of wine mist on their sharp chopping knives.

The fog cleared, the sword rose, and the head fell to the ground.

Round after round, finally, when Wan Wenbi and Yan Songwen were escorted up alone, everyone watched with bated breath.

It is not a common thing for two central officials to be beheaded.

Both of them were wearing shabby prison clothes, with messy beards and hair, and no trace of their original glory and splendor could be seen.

The coagulated blood in front of him gradually turned brown, and swarms of flies were hovering on it.

They flapped their wings in a buzzing manner, shouting that the blood was stale, so hurry up!

The executioner threw out the execution order, and the executioner slowly pulled out the wooden sign behind them indicating their identity.

Under the shadow of death, Yan Songwen's legs suddenly weakened and his whole body shook like chaff.

But Wan Wenbi took a deep breath and roared across the street: "Xia Jingyun! I don't accept it! You broke your promise! You stole the power! You forced me! Listen, I don't accept it! I know you must Watching, under the Nine Springs, I’m waiting for you!”

Hearing that he was insulting the prime minister, the executioner was so frightened that he shouted, "Execute him quickly!"

Two rays of light and shadow flashed by, and two heads fell to the ground.

The hot blood made the flies flutter in joy. On a carriage in the alley in the distance, Xia Jingyun slowly lowered the curtain.

Dongfang Bai sat opposite him, looking a little worried, "Uncle."

Xia Jingyun smiled and shook his head, indicating that Wan Wenbi's curses and curses were not worth mentioning, and said softly: "Life and death are so cruel. If we were the losers at the beginning, maybe by this moment, we are not as decent as him. .”

Dongfang Bai nodded, "I will be careful and study hard."

Xia Jingyun smiled and rubbed his head, "Actually, being an emperor is also the same thing. Only after you understand the essence of the world's operation can you govern the world well. Why do many emperors in deep palaces not be good emperors in the eyes of the world? Because He only understood the nature of power operation in this court, but he lacked knowledge of the world."

"You know what a joke I heard once said?"

"Uncle, please speak."

"It was said that there was a farmer who was digging in the field and was so tired that he rested with his hoe. Then he thought, you said that this emperor is so rich, he must use a gold hoe for digging, right? It must be the same when eating. White flour steamed buns are enough."

Dongfang Bai couldn't help laughing.

"My uncle once read a joke in a miscellaneous book. It said that there was a severe drought in the world. Many people had no harvest and were displaced. The ministers told the emperor about this and said that they wanted to provide disaster relief. The victims could not afford to eat and starved to death. There are a lot of them. The emperor himself is a bit stupid. He just said that if there is no rice, he will eat broth. Can’t broth also satisfy his hunger? "

Dongfang Bai couldn't laugh at this moment.

Xia Jingyun said slowly: "Peasants don't understand the life of emperors, but many emperors never knew the real hardships of the people. My uncle hopes that you will take this trip and take a good look at the great rivers and mountains under your governance, and take a look at your life." Your words and deeds will affect all people in the world, truly understand the lives of ordinary people, and then think carefully about your future life path."

He smiled slightly and said, "Let's go, uncle will take you out of the city."

In the first year of Daxia Yongping, it is the fifth month of summer.

Emperor Yongping Dongfangbai inspected the world, and the Queen Mother in Beijing took charge of the government. She appointed his infant brother Dongfanghong as the crown prince.
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In Beiliang, in the Yelu Eight Division Control Crane Camp, Yelu Xiu slowly put away the secret message in his hand and solemnly put it into his arms. He looked at the generals sitting below and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the prince's order has arrived. , immediately organize the army, use 20,000 elite cavalry, and march westward!" (End of this chapter)