Just when Lin Yue set sail and wandered around the countries of the South China Sea, something happened in the capital that changed the fate of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and a political battle called the first party ban incident by later generations has spread.

Taishi Demon Yunhai is sitting in the capital, and it is impossible for the various forces in the court to work hard, but it cannot prevent the scholars and eunuchs from tilting each other. Nowadays, all contradictions have almost turned from dark to light, and all these conflicts have been foreshadowed as early as the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty more than 400 years ago.

It is understandable that the nobles of the family enjoy more benefits than ordinary people. They don't have to pay taxes, they don't have to perform conscription, and they can even use their privileges to help others escape. For more than 400 years since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, many families have collapsed, but many more have been annexed by unscrupulous means, and now these families have become a cancer on this weak and corrupt empire.

Originally, the royal family and the family were complementary to each other, and they didn't dare to say that they could challenge the order of the world like the sea of demons, and they could only turn a blind eye to some things, but some things couldn't be bypassed no matter what.

And the problem that makes Moyun Hai, the second-generation disciple of Butterfly Valley, a headache, is just one word, money. After three large-scale battles of fighting demons in northern Xinjiang, conquering in the south, and worshipping the Holy Maiden, the national strength of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty has reached the verge of collapse. Since the rise of the Four Great Empires, the local magnates in the world have built their own armies to protect their own clan forces, and some military generals with professional titles have turned local troops into private forces, withholding taxes, occupying mines, and expanding their armies privately in the name of local insecurity and banditry.

Take the Jiangdong salt bandits as an example, they have been surrounded by the princes of Wu, Chu, and Yue, as long as any of these three families are willing to attack with all their might, the defeat of the salt bandits is only a matter of the first month, but the south of Jiangdong is not the same as the salt bandits, even if they are occupied, they will not be able to reap any benefits in a short time. Going all out to defeat the salt bandits will not only cause you heavy losses, but what is even worse is that the other two are waiting to pick up the bargain. Therefore, the salt bandits, who were in deep trouble but were almost defeated, miraculously survived under the attack of the three forces.

Due to the increasing number of such separatist forces, the imperial court, which had lost a large part of its territory, was no longer able to support the 300,000 army under the control of the Demon Cloud Sea. These 300,000 are not claims, but a real army of 300,000, which is enough to command the capital and strength of the world, and it is also the foundation for maintaining the rule of the imperial court.

But it is not easy to provide for such a large army, and the Demon Cloud Sea does not dare to be a little lazy, the divine power is invincible to the number of days, in the face of 300,000 troops, the Demon Cloud Sea has the ability to destroy them all, but it does not have the ability to provide it out of thin air. Earlier, the Moyun Sea Book issued two decrees to the princes of all walks of life, one was to reduce the number of troops in various places, and the other was to immediately hand over the tax and silver withheld by the local government.

In the face of the aggressive momentum of the sea of demons, of course, the princes of all parties did not dare to hard-top, so they could only accept it first, and they had to happily agree, but while resolutely supporting the will of the imperial court, the princes from all over the country also began to complain, where the place is not peaceful and still needs to be suppressed by the army, what thieves have destroyed too much, the tax and silver cannot be made up for a while, and the local government must also be set aside for the resumption of production, so it will take time to pay. Otherwise, the army is suddenly dismantled because of its large number, and there is no resettlement cost, and it is also afraid that a large number of idle veterans will do nothing to endanger the township.

How could the sea of demon clouds not know their thoughts, so they made another decree, there is no money to say, you can delay the payment or pay in installments, it doesn't matter if you have less, in short, now the imperial court wants to see the silver, as for saying that the soldiers and horses are not easy to cut, it is easy to do, hand over their respective soldiers and horses to the imperial court, and the imperial court will help you, when the time comes, the whole country will be integrated, and it is okay to disrupt and reorganize, you must know that the demon clan invaded and abolished the Beida Battalion, and the blood slaughter array buried the Eastern Battalion, and the three major battalions of the Great Zhou Dynasty standing in the southeast and north, both of which are crippled, do not worry about not being able to eat your soldiers and horses.

How could these princes give up their hard work, so they were a bit of a ruffle, but this mountain in the Demon Cloud Sea was too heavy, and when he pulled out his hand, the princes from all walks of life were not having a good time now, as long as the Demon Cloud Sea was there, the strength of the princes would only be slowly weakened. Of course, Moyunhai doesn't plan to break all the princes with one mouth, this world still has to rely on strength to speak, in a very short time, the 200,000 army has been prepared, and the materials have been successfully deployed, he is waiting for an opportunity to attack, just like the princes from all walks of life have thoughts, but on the surface they are still serving the imperial court, and it is impossible to do obvious betrayal and rebellion. The imperial court also regarded the princes as their subordinates, so how could they kill their subordinates for no reason without a suitable reason? Everyone was accumulating strength and waiting for the opportunity.

At the same time, the princes of all walks of life wantonly contacted the Qingliu families in the capital, relying on them to deal with the Demon Cloud Sea, almost every day there would be a cart full of gifts between the various vassal states and the capital, the Demon Cloud Sea was angry and helpless, and could only shout coldly: "Today, those people just hand over the treasures in their hands to you for safekeeping, one day their power will swell and capture the capital, no matter what you collect now, they will return to their hands!

That being said, the families who own a lot of land and money don't care about the country's ruin, and if anyone dares to interfere with their interests, they will use all their power to your death.

Originally, I thought that Lin Yue had killed sixty or seventy thousand people in the capital, but now it seems that he still killed too little. But the sea of demon clouds is not Lin Yue after all, and he can't stand on the opposite side of the family, as the pillar of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he can only sit on the referee's bench and can't mingle with the people off the field. In this case, the question arises, who can have a long and short relationship with these families?

As Qingliu's old opponents, the eunuchs have entered the sight of the sea of demons, and although the reputation of these eunuchs is not good, they can do some practical things. And the eunuchs who have always relied on the royal power to help the royal family do dirty work, so they can't get ahead, but the sea of demons is secretly helping them become powerful.

For the entanglement of the eunuch forces, the Qingliu naturally did not show weakness, although they did not dare to directly oppose the king and the sea of demon clouds, but they were not so merciful to the current great eunuch Matt. Some of the more fierce scholars directly wrote a book, stating that the power of the harem and the power of the eunuchs were the root cause of the chaos in the Great Zhou, and directly put forward the slogan 'Eliminate the adulterous concubine and kill Matt'

Mo Yunhai watched coldly, the more Qingliu and the eunuchs fought, the better, but unexpectedly, the Qingliu ministers in the court really dared to blatantly make friends with the local princes, and the flattery of those princes made these officials think that they were just country warriors, and they did not dare to be disobedient to the central government, so they could only rely on these courtiers.

Therefore, many ministers have contacted the princes behind them, preparing to coerce the royal family and the Taishi Demon Cloud Sea to exterminate the eunuch party, so as to ensure the rights and interests of the family. The local warlords are not stupid, at most they are waving their flags and shouting the slogan of 'get rid of the adulterous concubine and kill Matt', after all, the 300,000 army of the Demon Cloud Sea is still staring, and they don't dare to send an excuse to do it.

However, although he knew that the friendship between the two sides was nothing more than hypocrisy and mutual use, but the courtiers and diplomatic princes themselves were also taboo, and Mo Yunhai felt the need to beat these self-righteous Qingliu families, lest they always think that the scholars were superior, and others existed to cater to them, after all, this is still the country of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the world of the Ji family.

With the indulgence of the Demon Cloud Sea, the eunuch party quickly started a fatal fight with Qingliu, and a large number of Qingliu officials were dismissed, and the crime was also to make personal friends with foreign officials, they were not the core forces of the family, that is, the Demon Cloud Sea and the king beat the side drum to remind them to rein in.

There is no shortage of talents in the family, and they soon understood the meaning of the top, many people were silent, and of course there were people with a tendon who had to fight to the end. That's when something happened that added fuel to the fire. The Marquis of Shu in the west of Shu said bluntly that in addition to the daily slogan 'get rid of the adulterous concubine and kill Matt', he also listed seven major sins.

1. Martial arts: The world is chaotic, the national strength is declining, only a woman devotes the strength of the whole country to the south to conquer the three dangers, so that the loss of soldiers and generals, this is the crime of poor soldiers and unsympathetic soldiers.

2. Neglect of government: The king was ordered by heaven to represent the herdsmen of heaven, and failed to deny himself and serve the public and pacify the community, but now he is starving all over the wilderness, and the people are panicked, which is the sin of laziness and laziness in political affairs.

3. Labor and people: Today's unappeasement, disturbance from all sides, whitewashing the peace, and repairing the palace and mausoleum, causing the people to bear a heavy burden, this is the crime of laboring the people and hurting money, and abusing the people's power.

Fourth, indulgence: The Oriental Demon Sect confuses the people, threatens the good, harms thousands of miles but cannot be eliminated as soon as possible, and even worse, the city of Fuzhou is slaughtered, which is the reason for the indulgence of evil.

5. Misconduct: The number of etiquette is broken, and the adult prince is not taught, so that the adult prince leads troops to kill each other in the city, which is the father's unkindness and the crime of defeating the five constants.

6. Listen to the woman's words: After favoring the palace adulterer, listening to the woman's words and causing the woman to participate in political affairs, this is a crime that disturbs the law and is not a righteous crime.

7. Favor and traitors: reuse villains, drive eunuchs to squeeze money, and harm loyal ministers, which is a crime of disrupting the court and harming the people.

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately set off a storm in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, according to the meaning of Shu Hou, it is to ask the king to issue an edict to sin himself, in addition to the adulterous concubine and the eunuch Matt, as the first prince in strength, Shu has the confidence to say this. At this time, the lower princes have 10,000 or 20,000 troops, and the middle princes have 70,000 or 80,000 armor, which are still standing and can be mobilized more in wartime. However, the standing army of Shu alone exceeded 200,000. In recent years, it has developed boringly, the country of abundance is fertile for thousands of miles, and the year is also good, so naturally there is no need to worry about logistics.

Therefore, as soon as the 'Seven Deadly Sins' came out, the princes of the world all looked sideways, they wanted to see the reaction of the imperial court, and they also wanted to see who could have the upper hand between the first prince and the imperial court. Mo Yunhai's reaction was very fast, and he immediately arranged for Chai Shengnan to lead a detachment to Lu Hou's territory. The situation in the east is very complicated, there is a Ma family in the north for thousands of years, and now there is a plain to calm down the Ying Rui to support the army and self-respect, the southeast side of Chudi, Wu Di has their own climate, once Shu is in the west, they respond in the east, the court may fall to the situation of suffering from the enemy, if the princes of the whole world work together, it is not difficult to make up a million troops, and even the court in the middle is not impossible.

Therefore, when Moyunhai focused its strategic focus on Xishu, it also arranged a strong army behind the princes behind him, so that they could be afraid. immediately ordered Shu Hou to enter Beijing to ask right.

There is nothing wrong with the 'Seven Deadly Sins' proposed by Shu Hou, and it is also a consensus among the scholars, but it is presented in writing, and it is not what a courtier should do in terms of legal theory, so there are many discussions about the behavior of Shu this time.

But one thing is for sure, Mo Yunhai originally just wanted to beat it in the capital, but Shu Hou's behavior completely made him decide to destroy a group of people, known as the first party ban in history, all of them were courtiers who were close to Shu Hou, although they were not considered to be a party, but they were still pressed into the name of a 'Western Party'.

Of course, it is Matt who is in charge, on the one hand, he will not show mercy, and on the other hand, he is also a scapegoat prepared in case the case of overturning the case in the future. Matt is very clear about his position, knowing that he is merciful to his subordinates now, and he will have to be finished in the future, so it is better to take the opportunity to do more things and leave a good impression in front of the king and the Demon Cloud Sea Master.

As a result, some of the real 'Western Party' and those who were innocently implicated as the 'Western Party' were taken down by Matt, and for a while, there was a lot of noise in the capital, and pedestrians didn't even dare to stay longer, and there were eunuch spies in every corner, monitoring everyone in the name of arresting the 'Western Party'.