At this time, Zhao Junhong suddenly realized that he had overreacted, and the imperial family and the gate lord family would not interfere in each other's internal affairs at all.

Although the head of the gate valve family must be canonized by the imperial family, it is only a procedure, and the list of family heads is reported by each family itself. In the past, there was a farce in which a family reported two lists, and the reaction of Shilu Mansion was to return it together, so it doesn't matter what happens to your family.

Sure enough, Emperor Hao's original words were:

"Speaking of which, Rong Guogong is also my nephew, since the fall of the imperial sister of Gaoyi, he has had less contact with the apocalypse, and the meeting is also at the clan banquet. Now I see that the beautiful children under the royal sister's knees are all outstanding and outstanding among people, and I am also very pleased. I don't know if Cointreau has the intention of dividing the clan? Although the fiefdom of Tianshui County is good, it is not suitable for you, and the area of Fuyi and Datong of the imperial family is a little smaller, but it is rich in minerals, so it should also be a good choice. ”

When Zhao Jundu heard this, he didn't know why, so he vaguely passed over first.

Emperor Hao said again: "Zhao Valve's family is brave and fierce, and he is the pillar of the empire, so I don't need to do much, but the children of the imperial sister are among the clans, and it makes sense to allocate them from the reserved territory." Cointreau has thought about it, just tell me. ”

The two of them said these two sentences together, and then Emperor Hao left, seeing that he had left the outer void, and he had left the Western Continent directly.

Zhao Junhong couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this, not to mention that he couldn't remember that Emperor Hao was actually their brother's uncle, and his bloodline was not even three generations, but it was closer than the branch of Youguo Gong in Zhao Valve. As a foreign parent, it stands to reason that there is no mistake in caring about the junior's first on-the-spot sealing.

But things are not so simple, Gao Yi and Emperor Hao say that they are sisters and brothers, and they are never close. Gao Yi is a concubine, the mother is precious, the emperor's blood is rich, when he was in the palace, it is estimated that he can't remember the appearance of Emperor Hao.

After Emperor Hao succeeded to the throne, there was a long period of silence. And Chengengong's family is just a branch of Youguo Gong's lineage, Gao Yi can't take care of his own family affairs, how can he care about an emperor's younger brother who has no sense of existence.

At this time, Emperor Hao picked up this relationship, which was nothing more than saying that he was just giving advice as an elder, and had nothing to do with the identity of the emperor or even the king of heaven.

But Zhao Jundu wondered why Emperor Hao would talk about it.

There is a standard process for both imperial knighthoods and fiefdoms. The virtual title is the fastest, regardless of the level of the title, all the procedures can be completed within a month. The field knighthood is different, unless it is redistributed from the family's original fief, the process is very long.

Among them, if it is a newly developed territory, it needs to be measured, surveyed and mapped, and spatialized, and then the theater part is demarcated, which can generally be completed in more than half a year.

If it involves exchanging with the empire's proper, it's not so easy. The vast majority of the native territory is already a fiefdom of the clan, and a small number of them are ownerless for various reasons, and are under the unified trusteeship of the empire, and this kind of land is often two extremes, either excellent or very bad, so it often has to be adjusted for several years to balance all parties before it can be finalized.

Zhao Jundu fought two pioneering battles, and after being named a hereditary prince, he not only had a fief on the floating land, but also got a county in the empire itself. The land of a county is equivalent to the fief of a count's family, but it is not so easy to adjust. Originally, Zhao Jundu didn't care about this.

Zhao Jundu frowned and said: "My on-the-spot knighthood would not have been determined so quickly, why is it that even the name of the specific county has come out now, and I remember that Tianshui is a famous province in the Eastern Continent, and it should not be given to the new Duke of the Kingdom, right?"

Zhao Junhong already had a vague clue, sighed, and said with a wry smile helplessly: "Tianshui, it was originally intended to be sealed to Lin Xitang, the prince of Zhenguo. ”

Rao is Zhao Jundu was calm, and he couldn't help but be taken aback, "Although the descendants of the Lin family are definitely going to attack, why should the fief be taken back? His Zhenguo Marquis is still the first emperor, and the title has not been promoted in these years, how can his military merits be enough to seal another duke." How big is the Lin family's current fiefdom?"

In fact, since the empire established the territory, it has become more and more difficult to be knighted on the spot. Especially today, when the local land has been peaceful for a long time, the area of the local fief of most titles is insufficient. Included in the calculation of the grade of the gate valve family, in addition to fiefdoms, it also includes military merits and enclave income.

The Lin family is a low-grade family, and most of the family members are middle- and lower-level officers, and there is only one county in the mainland, which is still a small county. When Lin Xitang was the marquis of the town, he also served as the first assistant of the cabinet, which was the time when he was most attacked by the government and the opposition.

Lin Xitang expanded his territory during his tenure as marshal, and when he was in office, it was considered a war zone, and when he left office, he could retain part of it as a fief according to the law, coupled with his military exploits over the years, it was not an exaggeration to exchange a large county in his homeland.

Thinking of this, Zhao Junhong couldn't help but press his forehead, didn't answer Zhao Jundu's last question, and only said: "I heard that it was the Lin family who wrote a letter, claiming that they were incapable of defending and wanted to return the fief to the empire." ”

Zhao Jundu is proficient in military affairs, although government affairs are slightly inferior to Zhao Junhong, but he is also familiar with the various regulations of the empire, and when he heard this, he immediately connected several things today, his expression sank, and said: "Second brother, why has the Beifu Army been stranded in the Western Continent?"

Zhao Junhong thought of this one step earlier than Zhao Jundu, but he didn't know how to speak, and seeing that Zhao Jundu also found the clue, he couldn't help but sigh heavily, and said with a wry smile: "When Beifu changed its defense, it happened that the alien beast army invaded, and it was my father who came forward to ask Beifu to stay and assist in defense. ”

Zhao Jundu had already gone to Qin Lu to preside over the advance base at that time, and later learned that the losses of Xilu were much better than those of Yue Lu, so he did not pay attention to the details. At this time, listening to Zhao Junhong, the feeling of inappropriateness in his heart became stronger, and he said, "Who gave my father the idea?"

You must know that Zhao Weihuang and Lin Xitang have lived next to each other for many years, and their relationship is not very good. Beifu was in the vacuum period of changing defenses, and it was nominally controlled by Zhao Weihuang, the highest-ranking general in the Western Army, but Zhao Jundu was sure that he had never entered the Beifu camp at all.

Moreover, with Zhao Weihuang's temperament, when a foreign enemy invades, his first reaction is to kill his troops, how could he personally come forward to find the Beifu Army?

Zhao Junhong sighed: "No matter who proposes it, no one will object." ”

Zhao Jundu understood what Zhao Junhong meant, and now that he thought about it, even if he himself was present, he would not realize that there was anything wrong with this proposal, and it was the proper duty of the Imperial Legion to fight to defend the territory. However, stretching the horizon a little longer, Zhao Valve's various actions actually stranded the Beifu Army in the Western Continent. And so far, Beifu has not been able to complete the formalities, which is particularly conspicuous.

"What happened to the water that day?"

"It is a matter of family decision for you to go to the military department to go through the knighthood procedures and plan the local fiefdom. Zhao Junhong smiled bitterly: "In fact, it is not our family who is planning that fiefdom. Tianshui County has a complete border, a prosperous market, and is located in the hinterland of the mainland, which is a rare good plot of land in recent years. When Zhenguo Gong was alive, with his military merits, qualifications and status, he was ranked before everyone, and he took that place, even if some people were not convinced, they would not say it verbally. At this moment, anyone who is waiting in line for a fiefdom during this time, or even has a need to change land, probably wants to make a plan, and Zhao Valve is not exempt from vulgarity. ”

The local fief is a major matter for the whole family, and it is impossible for the knight to do such trivial matters in person, and the rule of any clan is to first discuss various plans within the clan, and then send competent people to strive for the maximum benefit of the family. This is not the decision of one person or two people, but the interests of the entire Zhao Lord, one level, two lords, and eighteen servants, together with all the vassal families.

Zhao Jundu didn't bother to ask about the details of the family meeting, like there was no need to find out the person who first gave Zhao Weihuang the idea. Because if you start from the interests of the family alone, many people think so, and if you want to distinguish those with ulterior motives, you have to start from other places.

Zhao Junhong sighed: "Every local fiefdom is finally settled, and there are countless games, balances and exchanges behind it, which will be what our family can do." Your Majesty has come to you for this matter, and I don't know what it means?"

Zhao Jundu said lightly: "This matter may not be led by Zhao Valve, but we are not innocent." ”

Zhao Junhong was stunned and wanted to object, but felt that he had nothing to say. Even he himself couldn't be sure that if the Lin family obviously couldn't keep the fief, if he had the opportunity to push the boat down the river, he would be able to give up his interests and take it for other families. This kind of thing is easy to say, and a few people can do it.

Zhao Jundu pondered for a while and said, "I somewhat understand what Admiral Lin meant, the rumor matter, picking this kind of juncture, is inevitably not reminiscent." And the rumors seem simple, but it is difficult to investigate. With the unhappiness of Zhao Valve and Zhen Guogong over the years, many people don't take gossip seriously. ”

Zhao Junhong shook his head and said, "I have some bad premonitions. Even if we can find out what kind of punishment law? Kill people for the sake of gossiping? There must be someone involved in the government, but those uncles and uncles don't think it's wrong to scold Zhenguo Gong at all, but they even dare to scold His Majesty the Emperor. And if it involves the children of the descendants, the two princes of You and Yan will not support us. ”

At this time, Zhao Jundu remembered Emperor Hao's seemingly praise, "Zhao Valve's family style is brave."

Zhao Valve's brave martial arts heirloom, and his children went to the battlefield when they became adults, so the twenty elders who are now in high positions, that is, the masters of one level, two lords and eighteen servants, none of them are corpse vegetarians, like Zhao Jundu was in charge of a mansion at a young age, not because he was a genius, but by strength and military exploits.

Therefore, among these patriarchs, even those who are slightly inferior in force are all highly meritorious and prestigious. This is also the fundamental reason why although Zhao Valve is criticized for not intermarrying with the scholars, and because of the many emperors and queens, he is often not pleasing between the gate valve and the imperial family, but he can still be firmly among the gate valves and be proud of the world.

However, this also leads to the fact that there is no single voice in the valve. Originally, the position of the main valve was held by the two males of Yu and Yan in turn, and the backbone and branches maintained a relatively stable balance. However, the ascension of Cheng'en Gong broke this balance, and in fact dispersed the power of the main trunk and the main lord and the two flat mansions.

Especially the branch of Cheng'en Gong, not even forty years after being separated from the line of Youguo Gong, the current Youyan and the two princes are a generation older than Zhao Weihuang, from the lord of the house, except for Zhao Jundu, either his peers or his elders. When it is not against the ancestral teachings of the Yanyun Zhao family, each government is in charge of itself, and it is not good for anyone to point fingers at anyone, otherwise it will inevitably attract a backlash.

The beginning and end of the Zhao Guanwei incident is the best example.

At this time, Zhao Junhong was talking, suddenly remembered something, his expression became a little unnatural, and said: "His Majesty the Emperor suddenly asked you about the division of the sect, should you know about ......it some time ago?"

Zhao Jundu knew what he wanted to say when he saw Zhao Junhong's face, and patted his second brother on the shoulder open-mindedly and said: "I really don't have anything, besides, those are the words of outsiders, don't take it to heart in the second brother." ”

Zhao Junhong just smiled bitterly.

This matter has to start from the end of the battle of the floating land, although Zhao Jundu was rescued by Haimi, but he used up the medicine stone, and it still did not heal for a long time, and the worst thing was that the grade of the Force dropped significantly.

This is a big deal for Zhao Valve. Previously, Youyan and the two public forces rejected public opinion, skipped the procedure for the election of the previous lords of the Zhao valve, and determined Zhao Jundu as the candidate for the next lord, although it was not publicly announced, but it had passed the senatorial council.

And Zhao Jundu's injury was once thought to be hopeless at that time. Zhao Valve, but since the time of the establishment of the clan, there has never been a valve master who is not a god general. At this time, it is normal for someone to propose to overturn the original proposal.

At that time, among the grandchildren of Yan Guogong, Zhao Fenglei was confined for two years due to the floating land war, and the chief resources were transferred to the other two young disciples, and those two also competed, whether it was their own cultivation or the later participation in the war, they all showed impressive progress. In the Youguo Gong series, in addition to Zhao Yuying, there are finally a few young children in their teens who are in their teens.

Therefore, while everyone was glad that the children of the main sect had solved the fault heart disease, they could not help but reconsider the issue of the heir. One of the compromises was to propose Zhao Junhong as the heir to the lord.

When Zhao Jundu's light overshadowed the young geniuses of the entire empire, the outside world's evaluation of Zhao Junhong was mediocre qualifications, and Zhao Valve's internal opinion of him was that he was experienced in government affairs, had a superior military strategy, and cultivated hard to find opportunities, and there was also the possibility of breaking through the god generals. And when Zhao Junhong was awarded the title of deputy marshal, he had already crossed the seventeenth level.

The matter finally stopped when Zhao Jundu made fire refining real gold to break through the Divine General Heavenly Pass, and Gao Yi was furious, and the eldest princess of the empire threatened that she would never tolerate someone provoking her two sons to fight. This was followed by the invasion of alien beasts and the battle of the New World, and the matter of reconsidering the heir of the lord was put on hold for the time being.

At this time, several signal flares exploded in the air in the distance, which was Zhao Valve's general closing signal.

Zhao Junhong said: "We have to go back, otherwise someone may look for us." "Emperor Hao and King Qingyang can pass through the door, and he and Zhao Jundu still need to pacify the defenders of Youtong Pass.

Zhao Jundu nodded and said, "Second brother, don't tell anyone about these things today." ”

Zhao Junhong sighed and said, "I was about to persuade you, it is not appropriate to inform your mother in advance. It's best if you think so too, let's do it ourselves first!" Among the Zhao brothers, the two of them are the most affectionate, Zhao Junhong naturally understands, Zhao Jundu Don't tell anyone, including don't tell your parents and brothers.

Zhao Jundu frowned and said, "How can it be related to my mother?"

Zhao Junhong was already tired of even smiling bitterly, "I think of something, whether it has anything to do with the front of me or not, it's better to let you know." When Zhen Guogong made secret treasures and sent the children of various families into the whirlpool, the little sister didn't know whose secret treasure she robbed, and she followed in. On the way to chase, my mother once said that she wanted to settle accounts with Zhenguo Gong. ”

Zhao Jundu couldn't imagine such a thing at all, and said in amazement: "What kind of reason is this, can Zhenguo Gong still instigate the little sister?"

Zhao Junhong said: "Mother is in a bad mood, so let's just say it casually, the problem is who took it seriously, and I have heard about it." ”

Even Zhao Jundu could only sigh, this is all a trivial matter, but when it comes together, it becomes a sinister result, and Zhao Valve is still the villain among them.

Zhao Junhong said: "I can't think of anyone who has the ability to do so many traps for Zhao Valve to drill." ”

Zhao Jundu shook his head, "How can there be so many conspiracies, many things are not secret, they don't repair themselves, and they are just pushed by others." Compared to His Majesty the Emperor's side, Admiral Lin is what worries me the most. I am afraid that someone will be clever and go to him for trouble, and then not only will he be killed, but the ugly things he has done will also be made public. ”

Zhao Junhong remembered Lin Wu's past deeds and felt that his head was starting to hurt. When Lin Wu was still Fang Qingkong, he had been assassinated countless times, not only did he not succeed once, but he was shaken out of the scandal just right every time, and he couldn't cover it. You must know that most of the gate valve families have a face, and they would rather deal with some things privately than be made public.

But even Zhao Junhong himself admitted that as far as Lin Wu spoke, he really wanted to find him alone.

Zhao Junhong also figured it out at this time, "If it's just for rumors, Lin Wu shouldn't say such heavy things, it is impossible for any gate valve family to clean up the door for rumors." I'm afraid that someone in the valve has really done something terrible, so I don't know if Lin Wu has empirical evidence, or if he plans to startle the snake to find empirical evidence. ”

Zhao Jundu said: "The matter of rumors must always be resolved, start with this matter, ask all provinces to restrain the clansmen, and find the source of the rumors." You and I will do our own secret investigation to see what is going on. ”

Zhao Junhong nodded in response, and the two returned to Youtong Pass together.