Golden Age Of Phoenix: Tyrant’s First Class Virtuous Imperial Concubine

Nan Yandao: "Didn't the emperor say before that you need to be subdued?"

Zhu Feng smiled lightly and said, "These two sentences are not contradictory."

"..."

"To conquer the opponent, you don't necessarily have to fight with blood. Sometimes in a war, it is also the people's hearts and the momentum. When the people's people are suppressed and the momentum is destroyed, the opponent will be convinced."

Nan Yan heard the words, did not speak, just stood and thought silently for a while.

Her eyes were as bright and clear as the flickering candle on the table next to her, and something was flickering.

After a while, she said, "Since that's the case, isn't everything justified?"

"..."

"What is the emperor waiting for?"

Zhu Feng sighed impatiently and said, "Why are you so impatient all day long? Having a daughter is just like you, and I haven't learned the slightest bit of my calmness."

Nan Yan gave him a deadly look.

Zhu Feng couldn't help laughing, stretched out his hand and pushed her, and said, "Okay, it's getting late, you should go back to rest early."

Nan Yan said that he was here to make tea for him, but in fact he wanted to accompany him. If he had any troubles, he could help him solve his problems, but he didn't expect Zhu Feng to drive her away after a while, so he couldn't help complaining; "Your Majesty It's true that people face the front instead of the back, and after drinking the tea, the concubine will be driven away."

Zhu Feng gritted his teeth angrily at her words, and said, "Do you want me to strangle you to death?"

Nan Yan couldn't help laughing. As she walked out, she deliberately turned back and said, "The emperor really doesn't want his concubine to stay with you?"

"roll roll roll!"

Zhu Feng waved his hand impatiently, and Nan Yan walked out of the study with a smile.

It wasn't until she walked out of the study that Zhu Feng snorted softly and said to himself, "You're still so leisurely now, and you won't have time to worry until a few days later."

After speaking, she called again, and Xiao Shunzi immediately walked in from the outside.

Zhu Feng asked: "Recently, is there any news from the capital?"

Xiao Shunzi said respectfully, "It's the batch of memorials that His Royal Highness ordered three days ago, and the rest are gone."

Zhu Feng frowned slightly, but didn't say anything, just waved his hand, and Xiao Shunzi stepped back.

Thousands of miles away, in the Yue Kingdom Palace in Daluo City, under the same flickering candlelight, the eyes of the new Yue Kingdom monarch Li Wushang showed a different emotion.

Deep and gloomy.

On his left hand, there is a stack of documents, which is the transcript of the words and deeds of the inspection officials handed over to him by Siwentai.

Si Wentai is an administrative agency of the Inner Dynasty that he quickly established after he ascended the throne. Although the name is different, it is a department set up by the imitation of Jin Yiwei. It is specially responsible for listening to news and carrying out secret tasks assigned by the monarch. When necessary, it will also Cooperate with the military.

It took him more than ten years to plan his return to the throne, but after all, it has been fifteen years since he left the country of Yue. The foundation of the country is still not deep enough; although after Li Wuyu's death, he succeeded the monarch as the only successor of the Li family, but some powerful ministers in the court did not agree with the sudden appearance of the former prince, and they treated him to him. The king's throne is coveted, ready to swarm him at any time to share his power.

Therefore, the first thing Li Wushang did after he ascended the throne was to use some of the Jinyiwei cronies he brought back to select talents and set up Siwentai.

The current job of these people is to investigate the words and deeds of the officials. Once they find that they have formed a party for personal gain, which is not good for the new monarch, they will immediately report it, and what to do next is a matter of the monarch.

Within ten days of ascending the throne, Li Wushang had already killed five high-ranking officials of the third rank and above, and the people in the court were panicking.

However, he also knew very well in his heart that murder would not settle the situation.

His own prestige is not enough and his foundation is not deep, which is the key to the instability of the throne, so at this time, he needs a victory, or a major event as a sign to establish the prestige of his monarch.

This battle with Yan Guo was the road he had to walk.

But--

Thinking of this, his eyes turned to the stack of letters to his right.

It was Chen Wenxiao, who was sent to Doubei Town to preside over the overall situation, and the recent letter after letter urging food was sent to the Secretary Office, but three days ago, it had been sent directly to him through the Secretary Office.

Chen Wenxiao was really anxious.

Fighting is fighting for food and grass, although before Li Wushang returned to Vietnam, Chen Wenxiao mentioned that when he was in secret contact with the country, there was a shortage of food near Doubei Town, but it was not until he came back to the throne and took charge of the power that he realized that it was not only Doubei Town. The food shortage means that the food of the whole country is starting to be in short supply.

Originally, the agreement between Zhu Feng and Xiahou Jiu fifteen years ago that the country of Yue exchanged raw silk for the grain of the country of Yan every year has ensured the surplus of grain in the country of Yue. His contempt, extravagance and waste have become the norm. After Li Wushang came to the throne, he learned that Li Wuyu usually eats more than 130 dishes for a meal in the court. Even if he is on patrol, the cost on the road is very wasteful.

But because the Yan Kingdom had been continuously delivering food, they were not afraid at all.

But this year, after the few months of lack of connection, Zhu Feng came to Yongzhou, and Xiahou Jiu also started a war against the Yan Kingdom under his own design. Therefore, the Yan Kingdom immediately cut off the road to transport food, and in the most food-consuming area After the past few months, no new food has been added, which has formed a situation of making ends meet.

However, there was no such sense of crisis in the country, and they were still wasting. When Li Wushang realized that the situation was wrong, he ordered an inspection of the granaries in various places in the country, and found that the stock of grain was less than 150,000 stone.

This is not as good as the amount of grain stored in a state capital of Yan Kingdom.

If it goes on like this, there is no need to talk about victory or defeat, they can't support this battle.

But why is this so?

On the night of his showdown with Zhu Feng, he suddenly realized that in the past ten years, he thought he was well hidden, but it turned out to be like an ant being played with in the palm of his hand.

And now, for some reason, he suddenly felt this way again.

It seems that there is an invisible hand holding him and playing with the whole country of Yue.

Thinking of this, Li Wushang's expression became even more gloomy.

At this time, Wu Demeng, the deacon of the Siwutai, walked in from outside and said softly, "What is your majesty's order?"

Li Wushang had been waiting for him, and when he saw him, he didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Send all the 150,000 stone grains currently stored in the thirty-two granaries in the country to Doubei Town."

"what?"

Wu Demeng was startled, and was about to say something, but Li Wushang's face was gloomy, and he continued, "Tomorrow morning, gather all the civil and military officials and follow me to Doubei Town!"