Chapter 430 The night was stormy, and the clouds were suddenly yellow

The weather is getting cooler and the breeze is blowing.

In the Yuanzhou General Army's Mansion, Lin Yue held his breath and concentrated, while Lei Fang, as a personal guard, was focused, for fear of missing any details.

I saw Lin Yue shouting angrily, his palms turned out of his palms as if a powerful air flow was spinning, and the next moment, a ball of white noodles flew into his hands and shook continuously, without kneading and rolling into fine noodles on his own. And there was a stove in front of Lin Yue, and the casserole was warm on the stove, Lin Yue threw his hand, and the long noodles fell into the boiling water in the casserole.

Don't underestimate this noodle cooking skill, this is actually Lin Yue's technique of turning stones into gold passed on by his master Bored Zi, this method can change the state of matter at will, but Lin Yue is a beginner, so he can only use dough to test first. The effect is not bad, and a ball of raw noodles can be changed at will in the palm of your hand.

After boiling the pot, Lin Yue scooped up the noodles: "Come, taste it." ”

Lei Fang was not polite, took the bowl and ate: "The noodles are still ready, the soup is almost there." ”

"Don't pick some to eat. ”

At this time, Su Shun hurriedly ran in: "My lord, something happened." Lin Yue frowned and Su Shun came to the study, Lei Fang looked at it curiously, and he didn't want to ask too much, so he had to continue to eat noodles.

Lin Yue asked, "Panic, what's wrong?"

Su Shun hurriedly said: "The third prince has attacked the fourth prince. ”

Lin Yue smiled softly: "It seems that the last private message didn't scare this person." "Last time, Chai Shengnan not only contacted Lin Yue, but also contacted the surrounding four princes, obviously wanting to put some pressure on the third prince.

Su Shun said: "Although the will has not yet been made, but the king intends to edict His Royal Highness to come back, General Ying Rui has been appointed as the envoy of the Plains Town, and the official document of the Xia Guanfu is probably already on the way." ”

"Oh?" This was a bit unexpected by Lin Yue, Su Shun's mutual aid association, the members of which were all secret agents trained by the Paradise Pavilion, although the overall status was not very high, but among the many yamen in the capital, there were still a few seats. Most of the information they spread will not be faked.

It was a bit of a surprise that Ying Rui was named the Plain Pacification Envoy, generally during the war, the war was longer and the situation was serious. An area will be carved out near the battlefield, and even the entire county will be designated as a war zone. In the war zone, official positions will be temporarily set up, the highest military position is the envoy, and the highest civilian position is the pacification envoy, and when the imperial court does not issue an order to remove the state of the war zone, they are the highest decision-makers in the region.

In order to prevent the situation from deteriorating after the war, he will give some arbitrary powers, and the pacification envoy has the dual duties of recruiting envoys and pacifying envoys. The power is not small, and Ying Rui's Pingyuan Pacification Envoy can rule over the four states of Cang, Tang, Kang, and Ba under the rule of Pingyuan County. Although these places have been devastated by the war, according to Lin Yue's understanding of Ying Rui, as long as it can develop steadily for two years, the Jedi is a vassal state with a lot of power. In addition to Ying Rui there, there are only the Ma family and Luhou Chai Yaozu in northern Xinjiang. The Ma family is still looking around, sticking to their original forces, and they didn't make a move easily. As for Lu Hou, hehe......

Lin Yue had another question about this: "It is said that under the hands of the fourth prince, Ying Rui's qualifications are not enough for the fourth prince to ask for the official position of the plain pacification envoy for him?"

In fact, it's not a problem for this, after all, Ying Rui is also a member of the prostitution banner who followed the fourth prince Ji Huai to fight demons in northern Xinjiang, and his qualifications are not bad, the key is his ability. If it is left in the third prince, it will definitely be nepotism, but Ji Huai understands that Pingyuan County was single-handedly beaten by himself, and it is his own rear and the foundation of his life, in addition to arranging henchmen, more importantly, he can get by in terms of ability, if Chai Shengnan or Yongye Guming is here, it will definitely be arranged with a lot of words, even if it is Lin Yue.

Now Lin Yue is guarding Yuanzhou, Chai Shengnan is transferred back to the capital, Yongye Lonely Ming has not returned from the southern expedition, and the people under the four princes are okay to charge into battle, if he is alone, Ying Rui should be the most appropriate one.

And the fourth prince asked for him to be crowned with another layer of intention, as Lin Yue thought, the pacification envoy is a prominent position, the civil and military affairs, the third prince was defeated and returned to Beijing. Ji Huai already clearly felt that something was wrong, the king wanted the two princes to make a balanced plan, because the incompetence of the third prince was completely destroyed. So suppressing the four princes has become the focus, after all, Ji Huai still has 100,000 elite soldiers in his hands, not blown out, but real soldiers in a hundred battles, and Chai Shengnan's Beichen army is also among them.

Now the imperial court is afraid that it has become wary of the fourth prince, and the fourth prince's temptation, even if the court is dissatisfied, will first suppress it, on the one hand, agree to Ji Huai's conditions, and on the other hand, edict Ji Huai to return to Beijing. These two official documents are one after the other, and what Lin Yue wants to understand, the fourth prince Ji Huai will not understand, it depends on how he chooses in the future.

After saying this, Su Shun said to Lin Yue again: "There is one more thing, there seems to be a great transfer in the capital recently. ”

Lin Yue was puzzled: "A big transfer?"

"Yes, but it's not the military, it seems to be a big family, either to worship ancestors, or to trade, or to relocate, in short, a large number of outsiders have entered the capital, and now I am afraid that there are no more than 10,000 or 20,000 people. ”

Lin Yue nodded, these guys have been broken into pieces, and they are covered by the big families, it is really difficult for ordinary people to notice, but they can't hide the eyes of the trained grassroots officials of the Mutual Aid Association. What are these big families going to do? Haven't they always been involved in disputes, so do they have to take action in their own hands this time?

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When Lin Yue was puzzled, in the capital, under the peaceful brocade group on the surface, there was also an undercurrent surging.

The Worship of the Holy Maiden Sect was destroyed, and the remnants were scattered into pieces and fled to all directions, and both the people and officials in Beijing celebrated with their crowns, and some even organized celebrations spontaneously. The fourth prince came with the news that the last large-scale remnants of the Holy Maiden Sect had been wiped out, and the remaining people were estimated to find a mountain to live in, with a maximum of 1,800 and a few dozens, no different from ordinary bandits and rogues.

At this moment of celebration in the whole world, there is a person who is not in a good mood, it is the third prince Ji Shi, if it is just the fourth prince Ji Huai, who is good at military formation, has won the battle again, he is not so heartwarming, but the key is that not long before the good news of this big victory, he had just buried 200,000 troops, so in this comparison, his mood is naturally not beautiful.

On this day, he was talking about things with his two henchmen Cheng Ji and Zhuge Ci, and his adviser Shu Xi hurriedly came in and asked directly: "Your Highness has secretly ordered many scholars to enter Beijing?"

Cheng Ji and Zhuge Ci are the confidants of the second prince, and Shu Xi's questioning did not carry them, but the second prince frowned, obviously dissatisfied with Shu Xi's attitude, so he said: "Mr. Shu is not in the mansion to recuperate, why did he run out again?"

In the last southern expedition, Shu Xi was shot by a stray arrow in the chaos of the army, but fortunately he was not seriously injured. Seeing that Ji Shi didn't take his own affairs to heart, he said, "Your Highness, you can't do this!!"

How could Ji Shi's plan be concealed from Shu Xi, because his army was basically wiped out, and there were less than 20,000 soldiers and horses resting outside the city, Shu Xi also noticed that recently, those big families who were close to the second prince secretly transferred their troops into Beijing, and he immediately understood that the second prince saw that his military achievements were hopeless, and planned to start immediately and directly ascend the throne, otherwise when the fourth prince came back, then he would be really dangerous. Although the king became wary of the four princes, he had to admit that Ji Huai was still the best among the princes, so the possibility of succeeding to the throne was quite high. Regarding Ji Shi's recent operation, Shu Xi also understands a little, I'm afraid he still plans to Zhao Ji Huai to return to Beijing and win it in one fell swoop.

Shu Xi immediately persuaded: "Your Highness, this move is inappropriate, Your Highness is the son of man, and the son is unfilial to force his father, which is unrighteous." Moreover, no matter what, the four highnesses have meritorious service to the country, if they do it directly, not only will the court and the central government not accept it, but the people will be in an uproar, I am afraid that the 100,000 troops of the four princes in the north will change and kill the capital. By then......"

Ji Shi interrupted him: "Mr. Shu is too worried, my father has already relieved him of the title of the fourth child and told him to return to Beijing immediately, at most more than 100 guards will follow, even if there are 100,000 soldiers and horses, far water will not be able to quench the thirst." ”

Shu Xi persuaded bitterly again: "Your Highness, you can't take this step as a last resort." ”

Ji Shi chuckled: "The fourth child died by himself, the general trend is me, there are more than ten families who have sworn to advance and retreat together with me, even if the fourth child has the ability to turn the sky upside down, he can't escape this time." ”

Shu Xi knew why Ji Shi said that Ji Huai was dead, and Ji Shi who reused the Shi clan, Ji Huai advocated the importance of talent in troubled times, and vigorously promoted many talented people among the small nobles, and those Shi clans did not so much support the second prince, but that there was no way to support the fourth prince, because some of the ideas of the fourth prince greatly hurt those high-ranking families. Although they enjoyed the high beds and the glory and wealth of this country, they were unwilling to stretch out their hands in the time of danger for this dynasty, and not only that, but if anyone encroached on their land, money, and slaves, they would fight it to the end. The corrupt magnates sucked the marrow of the Great Zhou Dynasty little by little, and then attacked and eliminated those who moved their interests in order to revitalize the dynasty.

Shu Xi said again: "Your Highness, even if these people help, but still not the opponent of the Four Highnesses, the entire capital has actually been arranged by the Four Highnesses, except for the Beichen Zhonglang General Chai Shengnan who guards the Beijing Division, and then look around the capital, Guan Ying, the chief soldier of Leizhou, is the in-law of the Four Highnesses, and Yi Xue Liancheng, the general soldier of Hezhou, is the retainer of the Four Highnesses, and the rest of the Yongzhou General Soldier Xuan Qixie, Dingzhou General Soldier Yang Wei, Yuanzhou General Soldier Lin Yue, Baizhou General Soldier Xia Yuan, and the newly promoted Plains Pacification Envoy Ying Rui, these are all generals born in the prostitution banner of the Four Highnesses. Once there is a change, they will attack from all sides, and the capital will be surrounded in less than two days. ”

Ji Shi was shocked, he didn't think about it so comprehensively, after all, compared with these general soldiers who were distributed all over the place, Ji Huai's 100,000 army was even more eye-catching, thinking that Ji Huai wanted to join the capital to be a real general for Lin Yue, and he instigated a group of subordinates to make an obstruction, and he had to give Lin Yue, who was brilliant in battle, an official position of a general soldier, in the eyes of the big men in the court, it was just a local petty official, that is, Yuanzhou was a rich and noble place, and he was slightly compensated. Now that I think about it, I am completely in the middle of the plan, Ji Huai went to the position of the chief soldier from the beginning, although the official position is not big, but he does have a certain degree of autonomy in the local area. If they really want to send troops, each of the families just mentioned will send 2,000 troops, then there will be more than 10,000 troops. What's more, there is also a Chai Shengnan in the capital.

Although he knew that his situation was not optimistic, Ji Zhi made the mistake of not admitting his mistake again: "They may not have the courage to mobilize soldiers and horses without authorization, and there are only three or two thousand soldiers and horses in one state, even if they are all pressed, but more than 10,000 people, what is it for the capital of Nuoda, as long as I give an order, the local clans are enough to drag them." ”

The more Ji Shi said, the more he felt that it made sense, and suddenly felt that this was not a big problem, but Shu Xi shook his head, now in troubled times, strength should be the first, and it is expected that they will not dare to act rashly, or let the local scholars make stumbling blocks, these are all small ways, and the initiative is already in their hands, just see how determined they are.

If it is true that the four princes are determined to take the throne by force, they are also determined to follow, and the local nobles can be wiped out at will, and when the time comes, they will take the capital in one fell swoop, they will be the heroes of Conglong, and who else will accuse them of transferring troops without permission and leaving their posts without permission.

Shu Xi was ready to persuade again, but Ji Shi said impatiently: "Okay, you don't need to say much, I have achieved the momentum, the arrow is on the string, ready to go, and there is no need to worry about some slight flaws." ”

Shu Xi sighed, and finally said nothing more.