Pan Lei didn't expect his son's opinion to be different from his own, so he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and asked, "Ah Long, why do you think so?"

He said a little unhappily: "Di Luonan wants to be the crown prince, the only possibility is that Di Hedong is dead now." If he is in good health and suddenly suffers, it is really possible to succeed. But now he is seriously injured and difficult to recover, his martial arts have been greatly reduced, and he has lost the opportunity to take risks...... How can he still fight?"

Pan Long smiled: "He really doesn't have this ability, but he doesn't necessarily have to do it himself." ”

Pan Shou and Pan Lei were startled and looked at him with wide eyes.

"You're going to be an assassin for him?!" Pan Shou exclaimed, "Are you crazy!"

"Grandpa, where did you think of it, how could I be an assassin for him?" Pan Long smiled and shook his head, "I mean, since he still has a year or two to go, it should be possible to take advantage of these two years to intensify the contradictions between the military and the imperial court, and finally instigate the military to have a coup d'état." ”

Pan Shou breathed a sigh of relief, but Pan Lei still stared at his son tightly, without blinking his eyes.

Pan Long was a little uncomfortable, and said seriously: "Dad, don't worry, even if I make a move, I will never go to the front." He Di Luonan and I are not related, although I am also in favor of changing the law, but even if the change fails, it is not a bad thing for me. ”

Pan Lei frowned tightly, and then he was relieved.

"It's good that you understand!" he said solemnly, "If Di Luo Nan and Di Hedong fight, you should naturally help Di Luo Nan - otherwise you may be exposed." But Di Luonan doesn't do it himself, you can't do it for him anyway. Remember!

Pan Long nodded, indicating that he understood.

"Alas, Aaron, don't blame us for being verbose. Pan Shou sighed, "This kind of thing like the change of the throne, even those famous families in Kyushu and the great factions of the ages, are often unwilling to be contaminated...... Our Pan family has that big secret of quarreling and exterminating the clan again......"

He didn't say any more, just shook his head and sighed.

"In short, if you want to take care of these things, you can wait until you become an immortal Buddha. Pan Lei finally made a final conclusion, "As long as you cultivate to become an immortal Buddha, one person has the power to deter the entire country." At that time, unless it is a male lord such as Emperor Jiazi, even if it is the 'Sword Emperor' Emperor Yihai, he will not dare to turn his face with the Immortal Buddha openly. At that point, you can do whatever you want. ”

Pan Long smiled.

He remembered his past life.

When I was a child, my parents said, "When you grow up, you can do whatever you want."

When I grew up, I realized that in fact, the only thing that people are truly free is in childhood.

When you grow up, you can't do anything else but "what you need to do."

Man is just a screw in society, nothing more.

Even after the establishment of the Great Federation and the earth-shaking changes in people's lives, the saying "you can do whatever you want" is still just a beautiful ideal.

East Asia is a highly developed region within the Great Federation. And the area where he lives is highly developed in East Asia. He does have more options than those in backward areas - some of his friends can even choose to live on Mars and become aliens.

But the degree of freedom of choice is limited after all.

People are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves.

This principle applies whenever and wherever it is.

The night of the Midyear Festival seems to be particularly gloomy.

Today, the whole of Kyushu is almost cloudy, and there is no moonlight everywhere, only a dark canopy.

Inside a secret room, a voice sounded.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to make up your mind!"

The voice was indistinguishable from male and female, old and young, and somewhat obviously inorganic hoarse, obviously using magic to hide his identity.

"What determination?" asked another voice similar to it.

"Since Your Excellency has come to this meeting, don't pretend!" said a voice that seemed to be younger, "aren't we taking the risk of meeting just to deal with the danger that is already imminent?

"Yes, when will you still pretend to be crazy and stupid! If you pretend to be crazy and stupid again, please do it!"

"Yes, today everyone is here to discuss important matters in good faith, and to play this kind of trick that cannot be put on the table...... Who is this trying to bargain with? Get rid of him!"

For a while, several voices were gossiping and chaotic.

The person who pretended to be stupid didn't expect his habitual words to arouse the excitement of the crowd, and he was suddenly a little confused, not knowing what to do.

After a while, an old voice said, "Ladies and gentlemen, although this Heavenly Formation can cover the search of the Kyushu Great Array, it will inevitably be seen after a long time. Let's stop wasting any more time and get down to business. ”

The old man did have prestige, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the chaotic situation suddenly improved, and the room was quiet.

After a few moments, the younger voice said, "You may not understand the severity of the situation, but I'll give you a number." ”

He paused for a moment, and then said: "Every spring and summer is the time to collect household tax, and this year's household tax in Zhongzhou has increased by more than 10% compared with last year, and Qingzhou has increased by nearly 30%. ”

"It is Youzhou, from the end of May to now, in just one and a half months, the total household tax this year has increased by nearly two percent compared with last year. ”

"Everyone knows what it means, and I don't need to say it to understand what it means. ”

There was a moment of silence in the room, and then a voice said: "The household tax is actually just that, and the eternal tenants, the trust, etc., are only small heads after all." But at the end of last year, do you remember the wave of commercial taxes?"

"Naturally remember!"

"It's shocking!"

"yes, it's chilling!"

One voice after another replied.

"Zhongzhou and Qingzhou alone have doubled the commercial tax revenue of the entire imperial court...... I really don't know how many merchants have destroyed their homes behind this...... Alas!!" said the voice before.

"Merchants seek 10% of the cost and 10% of the profit, but also take huge risks. If you're not careful, you're losing all your money...... More than 20 big shopkeepers of my family cried to me at the end of last year, saying that business was difficult to do, and in order to maintain the offering, they could only use their savings. ”

"yes, it's a similar situation in my family. ”

"It doesn't matter if it's a year or two, in the long run, even if it's gold and silver, it's going to be empty!"

Then, another particularly loud voice said: "Don't complain, talk about misery, who can have miserable me? My family's 1,362 grain shops have not even earned 10,000 taels of gold since the beginning of this year. If this continues, the elixir needed for my family's ancestors' cultivation will have problems!"

The voice said angrily: "Last year's natural disaster should have been an opportunity for the grain store to make a lot of money. Outcome...... Everyone knows it, and I won't complain. I thought that there would be no natural disasters every year, and I had to make a sum this year, but the guy in Cangyuan actually pushed the 'liquidation method'...... When there was a grain shortage in spring and summer, the price of rice in various parts of the Great Summer generally did not exceed 60 wen a bucket, 60 wen!"

He almost roared: "At the time of the autumn harvest last year, the price of rice was still twenty-three or four. This is not even three times as much, and there is no heavenly reason!"

The voices of complaints erupted again, and soon they became one.