Mei Tierui's words are like a boulder thrown into still water, setting off a thousand waves.

Except for the reserve battalion directly controlled by Xu Ruyu, most of the troops in Yongyang City were controlled by the Su Gang, the Mei family, the Shen family, and the Xu family.

Xu Ruyu quietly looked at the people who suddenly fell silent, pressed the wooden case lightly with both hands, leaned forward slightly, and said to Xu Daofu: "Xu Tongzhi, do you think this proposal is feasible?" ”

"This ......" Xu Daofu was under Xu Ruyu's gaze, cold sweat was dripping, and he didn't know how to respond.

Jiang, Mei, and Shen were relieved of their military powers, and in exchange for Jiang Lingtian, Mei Tierui, and Shen Deqian to jointly take charge of Yongyang's political affairs, as long as they gave up their military ambitions, with the expansion of Xu Ruyu's power, their respective families could gain more political interests and living space. And whether he admits it or not, the charge of colluding with outsiders has been confirmed, even if Xu Ruyu does not pursue it, Mei Tierui and others will not be willing to share their vested political interests with themselves, and the Xu family will no longer have any support.

Xu Daofu looked at Xu Ruyu's solemn expression that could not be refused, knowing that there was no room for turning, but he was unwilling in his heart and looked at others.

Although Yongyang's military power is concentrated in the hands of a few families, there are not a few private soldiers raised by famous families, and the total number is almost equal to Yongyang's guards. Mei Tierui proposed not only to concentrate the military power of the guard army in the hands of Xu Ruyu alone, but also to disarm the family's private soldiers.

Yongyang City is naturally under Xu Ruyu's control, and Suyi is the territory of Subang Jiang Lingtian, so naturally there will be no problem, but will the other three cities be easily submissive, and everyone followed Xu Daofu's gaze to Wan Rong, Gong Hao, and Zhong Ji.

However, Wan Rong, Gong Hao, and Zhong Ji are different from Xu Daofu, and they will not have nothing to remove their military power.

Gong Hao only felt that everyone's eyes were like swords on his body, and it was difficult to breathe, two years ago, he was wrapped up in collusion with Gongliang Youqin to assassinate Xu Ruyu, although Mei Tierui, Shen Deqian and others were also involved in this matter, but Mei and Shen are both families that have been based in Yongyang for hundreds of years, deep-rooted, in addition to the troops, there are still many other places to rely on, and he relied on the outstanding performance of the Qingpu Gang in the East China Sea and rose to become a local hegemon, and he has not taken root in Qingpu Yi in just two years. If Xu Ruyu holds a grudge against the events of the past and dismisses himself from military power, he is not guaranteed compared to Xu Daofu.

Zhong Ji did not participate in the events of the year, so naturally he did not have the concerns of Wan Rong and Gong Hao, although he hesitated in his heart, he knew that Xu Ruyu's determination to promote the separation of military and political affairs had been firm, and the matter had reached such a point, and there was no room for discussion.

Since the beginning of the new dynasty, in order to strengthen the control of the local area, the great family has also strictly controlled the private soldiers of other forces that belong to it, and there has been a trend of separation of military and government.

In the past two years, the content of the "County Policy" has gradually spread, and the great families in various places have implemented the "County Policy" to different degrees to strengthen their control over the locality, and because of this, the world has suddenly become much calmer.

Since it is inevitable, it is a good choice to choose Xu Ruyu, Xu Ruyu himself has no family background, so he is not afraid of being ignored because of the difference between relatives and aliens. The townsmen rely on private soldiers, regardless of the harm of fighting each other, and because there are private soldiers who occupy the dock fort and have the territory and breed the fickle posture of riding the wall, it is very disgusting. Yongyang is prosperous because of business, naturally he doesn't want business to be incompatible, Du Wei treats everyone well, and his demeanor makes us admire him very much, so no one will ride the wall to wait for change. In this case, the separation of military and government is only of great benefit to Yongyang. The last general is willing to attach Mei Gong's tail and ask the lieutenant to withdraw from the martial arts halls. ”

Although Zhong Ji has no eloquence, but he thinks through the joints, and in some words, he can also make people refute, and stand up to refute at this time, isn't it exactly what Zhong Ji said about riding the wall and waiting for change? Everyone secretly scolded Zhong Ji in their hearts, but they were helpless.

Xu Ruyu praised in his heart, Yanlingyi was the place he valued the most, Zhong Ji said this, which surprised him very much, and his words made it difficult for Wan Rong and Gong Hao to refute, as long as there was no change in Sanyi City, he was naturally not afraid that other small families would not follow this proposal.

Xu Ruyu bowed slightly, signaling Zhong Ji to retreat to his position, his eyes wandering on Wan Rong and Gong Hao's faces.

Wan Rong stood up with his head down and said, "What General Zhong said is very true, please withdraw from the martial arts halls of the Du Lieutenants." ”

Gong Hao followed closely and said, "Please withdraw from the martial arts halls." ”

Xu Dao saw that the three of them were like this, and knew that there was no hope, so he said with a dead face: "Please... The lieutenant withdrew from the performances... Wutang. When the word "Tang" was mentioned, his voice suddenly raised a few tones, trembling slightly, which seemed very abrupt, which made everyone's hearts palpitate, and they all thought: The Xu family has fallen.

The revocation of the martial arts hall and the confiscation of military power, but it is not a matter of competition, Xu Daofu can't help but hope that Yongyang will have a big change in the near future, which can reverse the fate of the Xu family's decline.

At the end of the military-political meeting, it was getting late, and the bloody sunset was shattered by the eaves of the sparse forest in the distance.

At the time of the discussion, everyone forgot about lunch, and at this time they were hungry, but they had their own thoughts, and they didn't notice it, and they left one by one in despair. At this time, the trend of the situation is in everyone's hands, but the separation of military and political affairs can not be competed for merit in the end, and a slight accident during this period may fall short, so Xu Ruyu and others could not save their minds, and continued to stay in the former government meeting hall after others left.

Mei Tierui pushed away the case file in front of her and said, "You don't have to enslave me like this, you still have to have dinner and then come to the discussion." ”

Xu Ru smiled and said, "It's better to let Mingyue Lou send some wine and food, these details must be agreed today." ”

Mei Tierui said: "Why don't you put wine and food in the inner house, and come here after eating." ”

Xu Ruyu was slightly stunned, listened attentively, the voices in the inner house were boiling, looked at Mei Tierui in surprise, and said, "You have placed people in the inner house for me?" ”

Shen Deqian said beside him: "Since you are the lord of Yongyang, of course, you will live in the inner house, considering that you have no time to think about this matter, Master Mei and I decided to temporarily send people, if you feel that these people are not easy to use, just send them away." ”

Jiang Lingtian showed a look of not knowing about this, Xu Ruyu smiled bitterly, knowing that he couldn't push it, and said, "Then go to the inner house to eat, is the banquet already arranged?" ”

Mei Tierui nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Zhang Zhongdao looked up and asked, "Prohibition of alcohol today?" ”

Xu Ruyu saw that he would excuse himself when he said "forbidden drinking", and said with a smile: "It's okay to have a drink." ”

When Zhang Zhongdao came to Yongyang for a long time, it was the first time to enter the inner house, but he saw the building, the room, the hall, and the hall, turning with the corridor, and there was no moon gate to block it, it was a rare architectural style of the corridor in the east. ”

Xu Ruyu only lingered a little before noon, did not see the twists and turns of the plum garden, hundreds of pavilions and pavilions are scattered and distributed in the meantime, the lake stone is built, nearly four layers of pavilions and high rockery springs out, draped down, winding around the foot of the mountain, in a few zhang away, converge into a pool of clear water, swimming fish gather and scatter, smart waves.

Xu Ruyu remembered the situation when he realized martial arts in the Yongning Wilderness because of the swimming fish in the clear stream, and thus founded the Starry Sky Fragrance Sword.

Xu Ruyu was thinking about how to push away the fists of Mei and Shen, but he heard the sound of horses' hooves hitting the Qingtiao Stone like a shower in the city.

In order to prevent these people from making abnormal reactions, the streets of Yongyang City prohibit galloping horses, listening to the horse's hooves hitting the plum garden with a tight sound, thinking: Where will there be a big change?

Mei Tierui and Jiang Lingtian also looked suspicious. Zhang Zhongdao floated and ran out of the house, and after a while, he brought the man he was galloping in the city on his horse to Xu Ruyu.

Xu Ruyu asked in surprise: "Jingzong, what happened to Wanling?" ”

The person who came was Chen Jingzong, the head of Xu Ruyu's Jingwei when he was in Wanling.

Chen Jingzong clenched his fists and said: "It's not that there was an accident in Wanling, but the night before Chen Yu suddenly went to the Biling Mansion in person and relieved Fang Su of the position of lieutenant of Biling, Fang Su asked me to come and talk to General Qingfeng." ”

"What?" Mei Tierui exclaimed, her face full of incredulity.

Xu Ruyu said in a deep voice: "Zhong Dao quickly go to the post house, find out who left Yongyang City without permission at this time, and set up a pavilion to quickly lead the soldiers of the four cities to pass through the gates, if there is no me or Ling Tian's painting, no one is allowed to enter or leave the city gate." Kun Min went to Yongyang South Port to let Wei Yu, who was about to arrive, block the Yongyang Waijiang waterway, Tie Rui and Ling Tian went out of the north gate to chase Qingpu in the northeast, I went out of the north gate to the northwest at this time, and the two elite soldiers of the curling led the two sentinels to come later. When I return, the whole city will be under martial law, and you will be able to do whatever you want. After saying that, his face was already grim, and after thinking about it, he said to Zhang Zhongdao: "I won't return at noon tomorrow, you will bring the city seal and military talisman of Longyou Yi to Longyou with two thousand elites." He turned to Chen Jingzong and said, "I'll meet you again when I come back." Then he asked, "When did the horses change?" ”

"After entering the city, Jiang Fu provided it."

Xu Ruyu said: "Then I'll ride away." After that, without waiting for everyone's reaction, he stepped on the clouds, and walked out of the house, untied the black steed tied to the tethered stone, flew up, lightly clamped the horse's belly, and the steed raised its hooves and went to the north gate.

Zixi Street on the west side of the plum garden is Yongyang's official street, which goes straight to the north gate, and civilians are not allowed to linger on it.

The news of Xu Ruyu's return to Yongyang has come, and the soldiers guarding the city are very excited when they see Xu Ruyu riding their horses from afar.

Xu Ruyu called the guard guard in front of him and asked, "Wan Rong, Gong Hao, Zhong Ji, can any of the three pass through this gate?" ”

"General Wan has led more than a dozen guards for half an hour."

Xu Ru scolded with hatred: "Sure enough, it's this guy." Looking at the sentry, he commanded: "Except for Jiang Lingtian, who can pass through the north gate freely, everything else requires me or Jiang Lingtian's painting to pass." Before the sentry captain repeated the order, Xu Ruyu rode his horse to the northwest.

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