Eight Hills in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Really-in the general altar of the Mafia, four guards sit opposite each other like sculptures. It wasn't until the sound of the secret door closing above that came from the copper pipe on the wall that the remaining sound curled up, and Xuanwu slowly opened his mouth: "It seems that they have made a choice. Today, if it weren't because this discussion is so important, you must We have to refer to the movement of the fake mafia before making a decision. We will not risk reuniting here. Now, what do you want to say?"

Suzaku said coldly: "Liu Yu finally has a chance to fulfill his long-cherished wish. This is what he has always arranged. He deliberately does not defend himself in the north of Jiangbei and invites the Nanyan cavalry to attack, so that he has an excuse to attack. And through the war, further militarized management was achieved in Jiangbei and Wudi, and the manor under the name of the family was compressed and controlled. Hmph, not only did he do this, even Liu Yi also saw it, and did it too!"

Bai Hu smiled slightly: "Why, Lord Suzaku is worried about your manor? But in the past few years, haven't you taken up a lot of land in Jiangbei Xin? It doesn't seem to be a disadvantage."

Zhuque said bitterly: "Give some small profits first, and then seize power. As Liu Yi said just now, this is called boiled frogs in warm water. Now Xie Hun and their aristocratic children have lost their apparent political decision-making power and all government orders. Is it a good thing that all come from the Beijing eight parties, or make secret decisions like the fake mafia?"

Qinglong said calmly: "There is no way. The current rules are like this. You need to show merits in order to be awarded. It is not like the father's inheritance of the family in the world. The father and the son inherited the position, so even Yu Yue Du was rushing to go with the army. Liu Yi was afraid that more and more family children would fall to Liu Yu's side, so that he was ruthless to not allow other family children to follow. He made a guard at the rear and transported food and troops to the front. The same power is also considered credit. Although it is not as good as fighting directly, it can also earn credit for many aristocratic children, and this is also the confidence."

Suzaku said in a deep voice, "If this is the case, when will our family regain power? I came here to discuss important matters with everyone, not to make myself more and more disappointed!"

Xuanwu smiled slightly: "Suzaku-sama, please stay calm, I feel that things are slowly getting better, haven't you noticed? The situation is slowly reversing compared with the previous years."

Suzaku said with disdain: "Reverse? What happened? I only see that our power and our living space are getting smaller and smaller. In the past, the Qiu Ba people had to give some face to the family, and the position of the first assistant was given to Wang Mi. Such people come to sit, and now they can simply be empty."

Xuanwu shook his head: "That's not the case, Lord Suzaku, you can't just regard the power of the world as an official position in the court. To be honest, it is because of this kind of thinking that the aristocratic family slowly lost power, you understand Do I mean?"

Qinglong's eyes flashed, "Master Xuanwu means to control the military power? But this is the weakest item of our family's children. When it comes to fighting, how can it be compared with the martial arts who have been strong and hacking since childhood?"

Xuanwu smiled slightly: "No, I didn't talk about military power. Now this is the same as the power of the court in the past aristocratic family. There is no need to think about it. What we have to go is another way."

Bai Hu laughed: "Master Xuanwu said, it should refer to those places, the power of the grassroots, just like Liu Yu was when Lizheng was in Jingkou."

Xuanwu sternly said: "Yes, I'm dizzy when I say it."

Suzaku hooked his mouth with disdain: "I said that I am still a great power. After a long time, it turns out that it is this kind of rent collection and levy. What is there to be enviable. Let us be such a noble family child. , To be those Lizheng, Qiu Kui, that's an insult. Couldn't this kind of thing be done by sending a manager before?"

Xuanwu sighed: "If Suzaku-sama always thinks like this, then we will never be able to regain the lost power. Yes, before these villagers or something, just send a steward to collect rent, don't dare not. But is it okay now? Nowadays, a large area is filled with those martial artists who have gained military service and returned home. Moreover, even when Lizheng needs some military service and civil servants, you think you will send a housekeeper to collect rent. Listen to your orders? Even the land is not ours anymore. People only need to be responsible to the court and the country that divides their land."

Suzaku gritted his teeth: "So, we have to find a way to reclaim land from Qiu Bamen. These people are not good at managing. Now our actions to reclaim or rent land are still relatively smooth. Liu Yi's cooperation with us also Mostly in this regard."

A cold light flashed in Xuanwu’s eyes: "Liu Yi wants people who follow him, whether it’s a descendant of a family or a taker from Jingkou, can be allocated new land in Wudi and Jiangbei, and then run for these people. Take a small part of the sub-rental, so that if you accumulate less and make more, his resources will become more and more. Moreover, in the name of the country, collecting tenants and renting are all fair and honest things. It’s not like the old aristocratic families who kept the grain in their own warehouses to settle the population. In this way, he has grain and soldiers, and the manor owners in these places are grateful to him and let him run it for ten or eight years. , Then Yangzhou will be the same as Huan Wen's Jingzhou back then, he will always be named Liu."

Suzaku frowned: "In this way, Liu Yi is a more dangerous enemy than Liu Yu? He is also wearing a layer of ally, making us lose our vigilance?"

Xuanwu nodded: "Yes, it seems to me that this is the case. Although Liu Yu has openly opposed the aristocratic family and proposed this system of meritocracy, he will not rush to take it in Wudi, where the family has the deepest foundation. In the past few years, he has been enclosing land in previously undeveloped places like Jiangbei, and engaged in his various New Deals. Now he has gone to the northern expedition to Nanyan, and I am afraid that he will become more and more northern in the future. The family has little relationship, but Liu Yi, huh, today he finally exposed his ambition. What he really wants is the leader of the family and wants to be Cao Cao!"

Qinglong's expression changed: "Does Liu Yi still have the desire to be a courtier and want to usurp the throne?"

Xuanwu nodded: "The character of this person is that he won't live under anyone, even for Liu Yu. He is literate and martial, cruel, and hardly talks about the bottom line in doing things. He looks like Cao Cao, Huan Wen and his peers. , If you really let him bring down Liu Yu, he will definitely embark on Huanxuan’s old road. At this point, I advise you to have a clear understanding. In the past, he cooperated with aristocratic families because of lack of strength, plus Need to pull a helper to deal with Liu Yu, but now, the influence of the family on him is getting smaller and smaller. Even Xie Hun and Xi Sengshi can only be regarded as his subordinates, not allies. I think he will soon have new ones. Action! There will be more, new friends!"