Realm of Power

The rainwater jumped down from the huge eaves that had just been completed in the Taige Hall in the middle, and gathered in countless trickles to rush down the fifty steps in front of the Taige Hall. A white line of waterfalls was formed between the steps. , the former eunuchs and eunuchs have been replaced by soldiers holding swords on duty inside and outside the hall. In this gloomy weather, there is an aura of bold martial arts.

The capital of the Emperor is the emperor's capital when he returns to the south. Although the Taige Palace in front of him cannot be compared with the Ming Palace where the imperial capital was at its peak in the past, it still follows the specifications of the original side halls of the imperial capital. Speaking of which, this is still the time when Long Po has entered the dynasty. Tangshi's handwriting was originally intended to be used for the Long family's enthronement ceremony, and the rainwater flowed down like a waterfall. On both sides of the three hundred steps, twelve huge warrior statues representing the number of the heavens are like long swords pointing straight to the top of the sky. They represent Long Po's determination and courage to counterattack the imperial capital. At the beginning, Long Po even asked the generals of each army to follow the daily schedule. When you are in the palace, if you stand at the door of the palace, the direction you look towards is the place where Zhongbia has flourished for thousands of years, the Imperial Capital.

At this moment, there was also a pair of eyes looking at the hazy sky with rain. Hearing the footsteps behind him, the Emperor of Zhongbia turned back from the window of the Tai Chi Pavilion where the rain was like beads. The blood vessels under his skin turned into a form to vent his heart. That hot and boiling emotion channel, his eyes fell on Yu Fenlong who had just walked into the Tai Chi Hall, his anger He asked directly, "What the hell is going on? There are rumors outside that the land where I raise water has completely become the private property of my ministers. The army of the court went to raise water to protect the private fields of these ministers, but it has destroyed millions of southerners." The returnees did not care about their lives, so that countless people died along the way. Is this true? "

"Your Majesty said that the ministers were using water to privately own land. I just found out about it!" Yu Fenglong's expression changed, and he nodded under the almost ferocious gaze of the Zhongbia Emperor.

"So, you know, how dare they do this! That is the largest grain-producing area in southern China. We dispatched military guards. I thought that as long as we could delay it until July, we would have food to save the refugees. Unexpectedly, , these hoped-for life-saving fields have become their private property, do I still have to buy it from them when the time comes?"

"I transferred the army back to the Yangshui area because I wanted to protect this most important production area in the south. It is still mid-May, and there is still a full month and a half before July when food is mature. The tens of millions of refugees who have returned to the south have passed through. After a month and a half, the layers stagnated in various places were brushed down, and it would be hard to tell if only half of them would be gone."

The Emperor of Zhongbia paused and sighed, "If all these refugees from the north stay, the pressure will be too great. It is better to migrate south and mix into the southern mountains. Even if it will lead to fierce resistance from the southern mountain people, at least they can The southern mountains occupy a large area of ​​land, and there are only so many mountain people in the south. , what can we do in the face of the millions of refugees rolling south? The biggest advantage is that China and Bia have reduced the pressure to resettle the refugees, and can get large tracts of land in the southern mountains for free. But now, the land where the water is flowing is full of The minister's private land, without the support of this food, is still talking about migrating to the south."

"Your Majesty is wise"

Yu Fenlong was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that the emperor who abandoned the imperial capital twice and ran away could still have such vision and plan.

"What's the use of wisdom? Now it's all ruined by the greed of these people!"

The Emperor of Zhongbia was furious and punched the table in front of him. Although he didn't care much about the lives and deaths of the refugees, he was quite complacent about the title of Saint King. In order to make up for the negative impact of abandoning the imperial capital twice before, he also It took a lot of effort to think of another way to compensate.

Since there is no way to advance north, then go south. Compared with the fierce grassland people with long bows and fast horses in the north, it is undoubtedly much easier for the mountain people in the southern mountains. Since ancient times, the so-called kings have first looked at opening up frontiers. , as long as the land can be opened up, it will be in the south. What's the difference between the north and the north? What's more, if we can really capture the southern mountains, we will not only accomplish what all the emperors of China and Biya have dreamed of, but also truly realize the reunification of the south of China and Biya. Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is right in front of us. ,

Looking at the angry face of the Zhongbia Emperor, Yu Fenlong hesitated for a moment, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I have to say something unpleasant. Your Majesty has returned south. The power of the court seems to have been in your hands, but your Majesty has left after all." For a period of time, ministers are needed to carry out His Majesty's orders. The water-raising land is also a grain-producing land. It is gone this year, but there will be one next year. This year, all will be given to those ministers, which can be regarded as a way to win people's hearts. use" "What's more, the Long family was so arrogant at the time that the ministers in the DPRK believed that if they were not suppressed, these military ministers would not be able to change the world. They mobilized the army to defend the flood, just to let those military ministers know what their responsibilities were, and they would never be allowed to appear again. As long as the situation of the Long family is stabilized next year and the power of the court is in the hands of His Majesty, it will not be a matter of a word to take back the private fields in Yang He."

"That being said, what if the military makes a fuss?" the Zhongbia Emperor asked with a slight frown. "The Long family took out 200,000 Zhongbia troops. The remaining 100,000 people can be said to be Zhongbia soldiers." The final military force, once a trouble breaks out, the court may not even have the power to suppress it! "

"Your Majesty is too worried. When Long Po expanded his army, in order to coerce the ministers to do their best for him, he coerced the children of the ministers to join the Central Asian Army."

"The Long family retreated to the southwest, and the children of these ministers have stayed, so it is not an exaggeration to say that the remaining 100,000 people are supported by the children of these ministers!" Yu Fenglong heard this from Zhongbia At the emperor's words, he smiled slightly and explained disapprovingly, "In fact, even if His Majesty did not order the army to call back and raise the water, the army will eventually call back and raise the water!"

After listening to Yu Fenlong's words, the Zhongbia Emperor's face finally became a little more relaxed. It was indeed the case. The first priority was still to stabilize the court. After all, he had just come back, and the power of the Zhongbia court still lies in these. In the hands of the ministers, if both sides are really forced to fall out, the consequences will be disastrous, and they will go to China. Emperor Biya also believed that although the Long family had retreated to the southwest, it had set a very bad example for military ministers to take over the court. Once the military ministers really followed the Long family as an example, he would be in dire straits. Although the civil servants tended to form their own groups, they naturally gave the emperor the key to controlling the checks and balances.

This is also the reason why the emperor of Central Asia likes to use civil servants to suppress military ministers. The power of civil servants comes from the emperor. No matter how arrogant he is, everything can be solved with a decree. Military ministers are another matter. They hold heavy troops and are stationed all year round. Outside, there are more intertwined forces. Once there is resentment against the court, it may cause a large-scale military war. Even if it can be suppressed and quelled in the end, China and Bia will not escape the fate of being recorded in history.

"Your Majesty, this is an urgent military report from Lord Tang Shui!" A palace attendant walked in from the door, holding the most urgent red envelope in his hand.

"Put it there!" The Zhongbia Emperor waved his hand indifferently. What time has it been and Tang Shui has come to cause trouble? You don't need to think about it to know that it must be the generals of the military who are not interested in raising water for the ministers. Moritaji felt dissatisfied

The palace attendant saw that the emperor was not looking, so he quickly said, "Your Majesty, the person who came to deliver the letter said that it was a battle report, and the empire went south!"

"What! The empire went south?" The Emperor of Zhongbia trembled slightly, as if his tail had been burned by fire. He quickly walked over and took the report from the palace attendant. He opened it and read it again. Home, Li Yuehua? The face of the Zhongbia Emperor became more and more ugly, and the hand holding the newspaper was trembling slightly. He felt like he was hit on the head by a thunderbolt, and his two white hands were tightly Grabbing it, his eyes were full of almost collapse,

Logically speaking, if the empire goes to war without declaring it, morality should be on the side of Zhongbia, but Tang Shui's report made the Zhongbia emperor break into a cold sweat.

In addition to saying that the Yangshui area had suffered a large-scale raid by the imperial cavalry, Tang Shui also said that the empire's move south was directly related to the court's handling of the Li family. Li Yuehua, the empire's general person in charge of Central Asia, was surprisingly a member of the Li family. At this moment, he has a hundred thousand imperial troops in his hands, heading south like a hurricane, as if he is launching an army to punish the guilty.

"You bastard!" The Zhongbia Emperor was furious and threw the military report in his hand to the ground. "Li family, what's going on?" Isn't it that Li Yuehua was rumored to have been detained by the empire's high-level officials, and his life and death were unknown, so why did he suddenly become the empire's general person in charge of Central Asia? Who would have dared to do this to the Li family if he had known this place earlier? No matter how much I didn't want to see the Li family recover, I could only hold my nose and endure it.

"Your Majesty, what is this?"

Yu Fenglong was stunned for a while. He walked carefully in front of the emperor, picked up the military newspaper and took a look at it. His eyes suddenly straightened, and the boss with a long mouth might be really big this time. As a court official How could the old people in the hall not know that there was a Li Yuehua in the Li family? It was just rumored that this Li Yuehua had been secretly dealt with by the emperor. They didn't expect that he would suddenly come back in such an identity. What a big deal! Thinking that Li Yuehua's father Li Tai died in the incident of detaining the Li clan, Yu Fenglong knew that this time, Zhongbia was on the wrong side. As a descendant of the Li family, Li Yuehua led one hundred thousand imperial troops south to avenge his father. It’s absolutely morally right.

"Where are the Li family members now?" The Emperor of Zhongbia snorted with an ugly face. It was not too late to remedy the situation. He wanted to see if there was any possibility of remedying the situation.

"Your Majesty, the Li family is still in prison, but Li Tai died some time ago..." Yu Fenlong hesitated to speak. At this moment, he did not dare to hide anything.

"What! Li Tai is dead! Why didn't any of you say..." The emperor of Zhongbia's eyes bulged, his face changed drastically, and he pointed at Yu Fenglong. He seemed to have lost his support and sat down. On the seat, regarding Li Tai’s death The ministers did not report to the emperor at all. After all, someone died in the seizure of the Li family, and it was also the death of Li Tai, the elder of the three dynasties, the emperor's teacher, and known as his disciples and old officials all over the world. The ministers in the court were also afraid of the news. If word spreads, the world will be in an uproar.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. This is a last resort. There are so many disciples and former officials of Li Tai. It would be difficult for the court to denounce them all at once." Yu Fenglong said with a wry smile on his face, "So everyone is considering hiding this matter first." , as long as the Li family's crime of colluding with foreigners is confirmed and announced at that time, even if those Li Tai's disciples and former officials want to make trouble , would also be much less vocal because they were afraid of being implicated, but no one expected that there was another Li Yuehua in the Li family! Now that I think about it, Li Longyi came to the Great River on behalf of the empire as the person in charge of the north of the Biya River. Zhinan itself is full of doubts, and now that Li Yuehua has appeared, it may not just be as simple as avenging Li Tai."

"It is said that Li Long once delivered a document to the court, but until now, the court has not seen the document. I suspect that someone deliberately concealed something, which led to such passivity now!" Yu Yu! Fenglong's eyes flashed. At this moment, who would be stupid enough to go to Pana and those idiots to prevent disaster? As for the documents sent by Li Long, Yu Fenglong heard Minister of the Interior Cai Long say it after a drunken family dinner. As for the content of the documents, Cai Long was already drunk at the time, in order to express his contempt for the Li family in front of many ministers. , directly asked the servant to set fire to the document in front of more than a dozen ministers.

"You mean that when Li Longnan returned, he delivered a document to the court?'

The face of the Emperor of Zhongbia is getting more and more ugly, and his eyes are full of frost. As an emperor who has returned to the south, what he fears most is that he will be ignored by the ministers below. However, he has not even seen such an important document. This in itself This illustrates the problem. If that document could reach the court, it would not be such an embarrassing situation now. And those ministers who conceal such important documents are so sinister and waiting to see their own jokes! This kind of person must not be allowed to stay. "This is indeed the case. Baoqing Mansion only needs to ask about it."

Yu Fenglong nodded solemnly and sneered in his heart. Although he had become the prime minister of the empire, his foundation was too shallow after all. In addition, he relied on opportunism to get to the position. Most of the big shots in the court did not sell his account. Although Although he has the title of prime minister, he does not actually have the actual status of prime minister. He can only occasionally use the emperor's power as a fox and pretend to be a tiger, which is still somewhat effective. On the other hand, Cai Long of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is undoubtedly the one with the highest status. It is best to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys. As long as the Ministry of Internal Affairs bows its head, the bosses of other ministries will naturally not go against him. He originally wanted to deal with people like Cai Long, but he is a very needed one. It was a matter of waiting for the opportunity, and now, the opportunity has undoubtedly come. Cai Long asked for it himself, so he can’t blame others!

"Then what are you waiting for? Immediately recruit officials from the Baoqing government to Xinjing. If this happens, no matter who it is, they will never tolerate it!" the emperor of Zhongbia said through gritted teeth.