Chapter Forty-Seven—Obsidian on a Moonlit Night
The bursts of sheng songs and music of the Shangyuan Festival, when the lantern riddles of the Lantern Festival were still fresh in my memory, it was also the time that the Shangyuan lanterns were extinguished for less than ten days, but the Demon Spirit Continent was shrouded in a faint terrifying aura. In the past ten days, with the undercurrent of the situation on the Demon Spirit Continent, a large-scale purge operation is about to break out on the Demon Spirit Continent. This time, it was not just one of the two countries of Feng or Qi that participated in it, but an important battle jointly launched by the two countries of Qi and Feng against the domestic "cancer" - the domestic aristocratic family.
Regarding the matter that the nobles of the family held heavy power and directly threatened the stability of the imperial power and the long-term peace and stability of the country, he had already begun to make arrangements before the reign of the monarch of the Qi State, Xuan Lejun, left the Qi State. It was only because of the "Xuanlinghe Treaty" signed with the feudal state in some aspects that it was precisely to free up all the effort and energy to weaken the power held by the nobles of the family. During this period, the first family of Qi broke out again, the Lu family, secretly united with the feudal state to prepare to destroy the Qi state, and even the Lu family incited some people and troops to support them and launched a huge uprising. Although this uprising was quickly suppressed, the entire Lu family is now the only one left in the Lu family, Lu Yi's eldest son, Lu Deng, who is still free. Lu Deng did not deprive him of his identity because of his meritorious service in the two battles against the feudal state, but used him as a mirror to warn other families.
However, such an action by the royal family of Qi did not cause too much restraint from the other four families, Lin, Ye, Zhang, and Lu. Among them, the Zhang family relied on their family's concubines, and Zhang Lingyi, who now succeeded Chen Jie as the governor of the south of Qi, not only did not restrain himself, but was even ready to unite with Zhang Lingyi to regain their exploited interests. And such a move completely angered the current supreme ruler of the Qi State, the regent Prime Minister Li Dan.
And at this moment, Li Dan took out the final plan that he and Xuan Lejun had planned nearly ten years ago, striving to bring the power of the nobles of the family back to the central government, and in the last two years, because of the feudal state of Qi, a huge battle broke out between the two countries. For these aristocratic families who originally held power in the Taiping period, this is now their weakest period. Therefore, almost at the same time, the Qi State began to prepare for such a major event. The preparation of the Qi State is only earlier than the feudal state, and in the period of time that is not too stable during this time, Li Dan, the prime minister of the Qi State, resolutely chooses that they want to regain the huge power held by the nobles of the family. But the Qi State and the Feng State are not the same, the Feng State Governor used to be Feng Zhan Hui to grasp enough power, and now the Feng War will be orthodox, and other official families are just a relatively ordinary inheritance.
Comparatively speaking, this operation on the side of the feudal state is much simpler than that on the side of the Qi country, but this does not mean that the feudal state can sweep away all the tumors in the country smoothly. At least, in the five years since the Holy Emperor ascended the throne, the country has indeed been much more stable and peaceful than before.
The twenty-sixth year of Xuan Lejun and the fifth year of the Holy Emperor, this year is destined to be an extraordinary year For this reason, the mobilization of the Qi State In this regard, although the feudal state and the Qi State did not have a united front, their ultimate strategic goal was the same. In this purge campaign against their own country, the Qi State mobilized nearly 100,000 troops before and after, including the Praetorian Guard and the Central Army. If neither the pen nor the reconciliation talks can solve this problem, then only by mobilizing the army can we solve this problem. In this regard, Li Dan has already explained the reasons for this to the two generals who commanded the army this time, Li Xin and Jin Xu. Jin Xu and Li Xin naturally expressed their complete agreement.
The closure of the country is very simple, it is just that a part of the military and land of the feudal war meeting was dispatched to directly launch a clean-up of the country. For the feudal country, these nobles in their country don't need to worry too much. The Holy Emperor had already launched several sweeps against them a long time ago, and the current nobles of the feudal family were just sheep in wolf's clothing, and they didn't have much combat power. Comparatively speaking, the pressure on Qi is much greater now. After all, the nobles of the family in the Qi State had not been subjected to strong suppression, and it was only during the period of the Lu family's rebellion that they had experienced a war mutiny. For these aristocratic families that have accumulated for nearly three hundred years, there is not much loss. It is precisely because of this reason that the Qi State has to fight against the nobles of its own domestic family, which is a difficult thing. However, the royal family of Qi will never allow such a situation to occur.
In the Qi State, after the fall of the Lu family, although no one from the remaining four families Lin, Ye, Zhang, and Lu has recently held such an important position except for Zhang Lingyi, the concubine of the Zhang family. However, the four families, the Lin family, the Ye family, the Zhang family, and the Lu family, have not been sitting still recently. They are also secretly plotting their latest strategic plans there. The most conspicuous thing is that just after Chinese New Year's Eve recently, Lin Xuejun, the eldest lady of the Lin family, and Lu Yu, the son of the Lu family, have already brought flower candles to achieve a beautiful marriage. But if a discerning person looks at it casually, he can see some unusual relationships in it. Obviously, this is the signal of the Maison's union.
In the past two days, when Lin Xuejun, the eldest lady of the Lin family, and Lu Yu, the son of the Lu family, returned to the door for three days, the local officials and businessmen who had recently relied on the high positions of these families had come to the retreat of the Lu family in a remote small county town not far from the outskirts of Que City to congratulate. Among them, there are also two other families, and representatives of the Ye family and the Zhang family have also come here. Of course, this is also the way they discussed the final confrontation with the royal family of Qi State.
The Ye family is now not upset because their most proud third son, Ye Tianche, did not succeed in marrying Lin Xuejun. After all, these four families are now considered a real community of interests. Once something goes wrong, they are now an inseparable community. Now, even though the Ye family still has some mustard in their hearts, they have forgotten about these things for the time being, and they are doing their best to help, so that they can still have some room for maneuver when they face the upcoming cleaning of the royal family of the Qi Kingdom, and they will not be directly suppressed to death.
Now that the Qi State has mobilized 100,000 troops to encircle and suppress them, they have all learned about it early. It's just that the three families of Lin, Ye, and Lu are not thinking about what they should do to deal with the variables in this now. Only the Zhang family is still unmoving, they are very calm, relying on the current concubine Zhang Lingyi in their family to serve as an officer, the governor of the south of Qi State. thought that they could not move like a mountain, at least on the two sides of the family and the royal family of Qi State, Zhang Lingyi should at least choose not to help each other.
Today, Lin Xuejun and Lu Yu, who has now become her husband, are the three-day period for the newlywed to return home. Today, these four people, who have never suffered from a defecation disorder for nearly 300 years, can't help but pay attention recently, and try to minimize the time they spend seeing each other in their usual time. But in the recent period, they still decided to take advantage of such an opportunity to meet once, and at least they also need to discuss how to deal with the cleanup of the royal family of Qi State, which is the most important thing. In comparison, the time when Lin Xuejun and Lu Yu returned to the door did not cause much turmoil.
The Lu family compound occupies nearly half of the county in this small county town that does not seem particularly large. Although the location of the Lu family's compound is hidden, in fact, the royal family of Qi has long known it, and this is also a tacit thing for the people of Qi State. It's just that this county seat, and even the county seat under the jurisdiction of several county towns around Quecheng, most of the fields cultivated by the industry and the surrounding people are partly controlled by the Qi state. The other part is the finance and land controlled by the Lu family themselves. Of course, it's not just the Lu family, these four families are almost all rich now. This is also the reason why Li Dan and Xuan Lejun have wanted to confiscate these four families many times.
At this time, the gate of the Lu family compound was watched and welcomed by the surrounding people, and the Lu family came out to welcome them, and the surrounding firecrackers were lit and resounded throughout the county. A convoy slowly drove in from outside the county gate. This group of convoys is very gorgeous, surrounded by heavily armed guards, each cart is led by two majestic war horses in front, and the honor guard is very majestic.
Seeing this convoy drive in, the current head of the Lu family, who was already waiting at the door of his mansion, and the middle-aged man wearing a luxurious brocade red round-necked robe couldn't help but show a hint of a smile on his face. This middle-aged man is none other than Lu Yu's biological father, Lu Ming, who smiled and said to the other two middle-aged people of the same age beside him: "Lao Lin is here, let's go and greet him."
Standing next to Lu Ming, a middle-aged man in an orange robe, this middle-aged man had a slender and slightly thin face, different from Lu Ming's slightly obese, this middle-aged man looked very shrewd, not like a family head who had been pampered since childhood. This middle-aged man is the Zhang family's family member.
On the other side stood a middle-aged man in a black robe, whose face was very indifferent. This middle-aged man was the burliest of the three. He is Ye Hao, the current head of the Ye family. At this time, Ye Hao and Zhang He were just guests who came here, not the host, and such a face still had to be given to Lu Ming. After all, they have now changed from the original interest competitors to the current community of interests. This is true
The three heads of the family walked in front, followed by burly men who were armed with sticks to protect their heads and drive away the guards of the surrounding people. At this time, under the leadership of Lu Ming, the host, Ye Hao and Zhang He, the three existences who could almost cover the sky with one hand in the territory of Qi State, stepped forward to greet the Lin family, who had now become in-laws with Lu Ming. Lu Ming walked to the side of the first gorgeous carriage and said with a smile: "Brother Lin, I haven't seen you for many days, I never thought that we would be able to kiss each other now." In this way, our common plan must be easily achieved, and I am really happy that my little brother is happy."