Rebirth of the Viking King

Chapter 501 20 The Origin of Concubine Xue (4)

After successfully driving all the Confucian scholars away from the court, and then getting rid of the old Wang who supported them, the Legalist scholars looked around at a group of fat-headed but idle silverfish, with happy smiles on their faces.

The reform failed, and the people still lived in dire straits.

now it's right!

If the people are not living a miserable life, what if they all drag their families and families to live in the Western Continent like those Mohist scholars and fat-minded businessmen?

This kind of thing must not happen!

Legalist rulers allowed corrupt officials to continue living "the life they longed for."

They know as clearly as a mirror that every penny these bastards are greedy for now will be theirs in the future!

At this time, in order to stabilize the situation of the government, they can be allowed to impose excessive taxes. When the vassal reduction is successful, you can go back and catch these silverfish in one go!

It is much more comfortable to search their property than to exploit the people.

On the one hand, it can expand the national treasury, and on the other hand, it can comply with public opinion.

This is the quality that politicians in troubled times should possess.

**

Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty Li Chun ascended the throne in August of the first year of Yongzhen. Wei Gao, the military governor of Xichuan, died of illness in the same month. His confidant Liu Pi took over the scepter without authorization as if he had inherited the throne.

Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty, who had just succeeded to the throne, considered that he had just ascended the throne and that the old king had just died and had no clue about everything. Therefore, he considered using temporary appeasement measures and appointed Liu Pi as the deputy envoy of Jiedu to act as the envoy of Jiedu.

Liu Pi thought this was a sign of weakness, so he immediately took advantage of it. In the first month of the first year of the year, he went up to the throne and asked to take over the land of Sanchuan (Sichuan, Dongchuan, and Shannan West Road).

This is no longer contempt for the imperial power, but a naked challenge to Xianzong's bottom line.

Li Chun gathered the Legalist politicians around him, and after just less than an hour of discussion, Concubine Xue received the second task, to assist the court in killing Liu Pi, the "Xichuan Jiedu Envoy".

Seven days later, four of the five generals in Liu Pi's fiefdom died of illness.

On the 10th day, he found that his wife and concubine died tragically, and his three young sons were thrown into the well at the same time.

Although Liu Pi was sitting on a million lions

Although at this time he had already contributed to Zizhou and captured Li Kang, the governor of Dongchuan, alive.

But the boundless fear still held him tightly.

Important generals died one after another, and without a leader, his troops immediately fell into chaos. The Tang army won 8 victories in 8 battles. Seeing that the situation was over, Liu Pi prepared to flee to Tubo, but he did not expect that when he stayed in a farmer's home at night, the four Nascent Soul sword cultivators who were following him died tragically together.

He was deported back to Chang'an.

After 7 days, everyone in the family will be executed.

The second battle was completed beautifully, and the third and fourth battles came one after another.

In March of the first year of the year, after Xia Sui Jiedushi Han Quanyi abdicated, he instigated his nephew "Yang Huilin" to rebel. Xia Sui's military envoy "Zhang Chengjin" assassinated Yang Huilin and brought his head to Chang'an.

In September of the second year of Yuanhe, Zhenhai Jiedushi Li Qi rebelled.

However, before the battle started, his nephew united with the Zhenhai soldiers and horse envoys and others to rebel.

In November, Li Qi and his son were escorted to Chang'an and beheaded together.

**

Concubine Xue's understanding of the word "assassin" has exceeded the expectations of the Legalist teachers.

In the popular sense, an assassin approaches a target, draws a knife, kills someone, and retires with anonymity.

Concubine Xue believed that this approach of her predecessors was unwise.

As long as there are wounds on the corpse, there will inevitably be knowledgeable people who can deduce his enemies through the background identity of the deceased, and then calculate that this is a vendetta.

The target of Concubine Xue's action is the monarch of the largest country in Kyushu, as well as the two prime ministers!

Once the action is exposed, it is conceivable that she, the "newcomer", will be immediately abandoned by the Legalist instructors like an abandoned son, and then she will be hunted down by countless powerful sword cultivators.

Therefore, she must be more "smart".

Several targets died under her hands. Except for the fact that they all died in the end, no one could even tell whether she took action or not.

Did she poison Wang Shuwen's mother to death?

It may or may not be the case. After all, the old man is old and any accident may happen.

In the same way, did Wang Dong who died in the Hanlin Academy definitely die at her hands?

Stroke caused by cerebral congestion can kill people in any era, especially the emperor's staff who have been engaged in mental work for a long time and are under high pressure all day long.

As for the following ones, they are even more amazing.

There were no wounds on Li Song's body during the reign of Emperor Shunzong of the Tang Dynasty, and the imperial physician concluded that he "died without any illness".

Liu Pi did not receive any harm from the beginning to the end, and all those who died were the generals and relatives around him. In the end, he was escorted back to the capital by an extremely ordinary old woodcutter because of his madness and hysteria.

As for Li Qi, he was simply defeated by his subordinates' mutiny.

Even the teachers of the Legalist school could not explain clearly that Concubine Xue did not play a role in this in the future.

The only pattern they can find is that every time a mission is released, various accidents will inevitably happen to her target within ten days!

It is conceivable that outsiders are even more unclear about the patterns behind these cases of "overturning the feudal lord". Even Emperor Xianzong Li Chun of the Tang Dynasty couldn't tell whether it was the group of Legalist politicians around him who exerted their due power or whether God bless the Tang Dynasty!

In the eyes of the mentors, Concubine Xue's actions have exceeded the ancient definition of "assassin" within the school. She seems to be taking this mysterious profession into an even more unknown situation.

The antelope hangs its horns and there is no trace to be found.

Simply using her to resolve disputes between mortal royal families would be a waste of resources.

After Legalism came to power, this ancient school greatly broadened its eyes to understand the world. The instructors knew that although Concubine Xue was only 20 years old, her ability was enough to support him in completing some more complicated tasks that involved complex international affairs. situation of field missions.

In the 4th year of Xianzong (AD 809), the Tang Dynasty's internal vassal reduction project was gradually on the right track. With the destruction of Liu Pi and Li Qi, the remaining vassal kings were also in danger.

The internal crisis in the Tang State has been temporarily alleviated, and powerful weapons like Concubine Xue naturally need to be sent to more complex countries to resolve greater troubles for the court.

**

Sixty years ago, when Confucianism was dominant, the Tang people had a tolerant and open attitude towards sending envoys and caravans to travel around the world. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty even spent huge sums of money to send thousands of scholars out to draw a "general map of the world", requiring every dark corner of the land of Kyushu to be described in detail on the drawing to demonstrate the power of our great country.

However, 60 years later, the "An-Shi Rebellion" and the subsequent separatism of vassal towns caused the population of the Tang Dynasty to plummet.

The war continued to spread and burn, causing a large number of rich peasants and businessmen with assets to flee other countries. Their departure also took away their own assets.

The Confucian school can allow them to travel to foreign lands to convey the style of our heavenly dynasty to the people outside the country.

However, the Legalist school cannot tolerate this kind of behavior that is tantamount to "treason."

The country was poor, weak and divided. With the population already shrinking sharply, they not only fled, but also took away a large amount of property. This was considered treason in the eyes of Legalist politicians.

The first task that Concubine Xue received was to go to the city of Memphis in the Northern Continent to wipe out the "Hengcheng", a newly emerging chamber of commerce that had become popular in recent years.

At least, this was the mission she had received.

As for what the instructors in the Legalist school said to her before setting off, even the members of the group who followed her to sea were not aware of this question.