In the study room of the Anzhou Prefecture City Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, Jin Kaizheng, the city lord of Anzhou Prefecture, was sitting in front of Shi Fangzheng, the Jiedu Envoy.

"Master, it will be your sixtieth birthday in five days, and now that there are many people from all walks of life in the state city during this time, I'm afraid this is not a good thing for us."

Jin Kai's chubby face showed a thick melancholy color.

"Now that the northern grassland tribes have broken through my Dayu border pass, they have released a bold statement that they are going to rob my Dayu Imperial Capital, which is undoubtedly another heavy punch for the Dayu Dynasty that has been declining, coupled with the drought in the southern region for many years, the people are not living, and the people everywhere are rising, so many people feel that the Dayu Dynasty is about to run out, so their hearts are beginning to live."

Shi Fangkai said helplessly.

"Then I don't know what the door has to say about this?"

Jin Kai asked, rubbing his fat hands.

"The elders of the sect have been concentrating on studying the "Wanyan Fu" recently, according to the letters they came, judging from the content interpreted by the various forces at present, the Dayu Dynasty may not be able to survive the 400-year limit this time."

Shi Fangzheng said worriedly.

"Master, I don't understand, just with that broken book that I don't know the origin and can't understand at all, can I really assert the fortune of a dynasty?"

Jin Kai didn't understand that the elders in the door were like demons participating in the study of the "Wanyan Fu".

"I don't believe in this matter, but judging from the news from the elders in the sect, the information from the research in that book has finally come true."

Shi Fangzheng smiled helplessly, thinking that he himself was also an elder in the sect, and he had also been invited to participate in the study of the "Wanyan Fu", but at that time, he felt that this was just a ridiculous scam, so he finally chose to withdraw.

But then the other elders of those sects gradually figured out some of the rules, barely understood some of the contents, and all of them were confirmed, which finally made him have to believe it.

"A hundred years ago, someone also predicted that the Dayu Dynasty was exhausted, but then it was not Emperor Shengzong and the other eight vassal kings who finally succeeded in continuing the Dayu Dynasty to this day, maybe this time it was the same, maybe a certain vassal king in the royal family was able to turn the tide."

Jin Kai still felt that the Dayu Dynasty still had the possibility of continuing.

The reason why he thinks this way is entirely because of his identification and affection for the Dayu Dynasty.

Although he Jin Kai is just a small city lord of Anzhou Prefecture, he is usually greedy for money and lustful, but he is a loyal and patriotic person in his heart.

Just like their sects, they are all like that.

Although he is the city lord of Anzhou Prefecture on the face of Jin Kaiming, behind him is a disciple of Momen.

His master, Shi Fangzheng, the envoy of Anzhou Jiedu, was an elder of Momen, and was the hall master of the craftsman hall under Momen.

To say that this Momen is also a great school that has been inherited for thousands of years, it can be said to have a long history and profound heritage.

The people of their Momen usually hide their identities, and they usually appear in front of the world in other identities.

Momen adheres to the tenet of both love and non-attack, so no matter what era or which dynasty Momen never participates in the battle.

But no matter which dynasty is established, it will be courteous to Momen, and try its best to win it over.

The reason for this situation is that Momen's forging weapons and tricks are unparalleled in the world.

Since the Han Dynasty, Momen has signed agreements with the royal families of various dynasties, and they Momen will provide weapons and equipment for the dynasty, and the dynasty will acquiesce to the existence of Momen and not infringe on the interests of Momen.

After the founding of the Dayu Dynasty, Momen signed a secret contract with the Dayu royal family.

The Dayu Dynasty crossed the iron-rich Anzhou through Momen, making it the location of the Momen Craftsman's Palace.

The successive envoys of Anzhou Jiedu were submitted by Momen, and the Dayu Dynasty was not allowed to raise any objections.

It can be said that nominally Anzhou was a state of the Dayu Dynasty, but in fact Anzhou was the private land of Momen, and they could enforce their own decrees on the land of Anzhou.

But where there are rights, there must be obligations, after all, rights and obligations are relative.

Momen has received so many benefits from the Dayu Dynasty, and they naturally have to pay a lot.

First of all, Momen had to provide a variety of weapons and equipment for the Dayu Dynasty, including weapons such as swords and armor, as well as large siege equipment such as siege vehicles, return cannons, and crossbows.

It can be said that Momen is like the Ministry of Industry of the Six Divisions of the Dayu Dynasty, but they are not responsible for building palaces, building post roads, dredging canals and other work.

If they do this, it will really become a veritable Ministry of Engineering.

However, even so, the successive Shangshu of the Dayu Dynasty regarded Anzhou as a thorn in the flesh, after all, it was they who snatched away part of their rights, which also made the Ministry of Industry of the Dayu Dynasty somewhat incomplete.

In addition to providing weapons to the Dayu Dynasty, the Dayu Dynasty also set a lot of restrictive conditions for them.

This included that Anzhou must not have more than one army, that Anzhou's organs must not be transmitted to other states, and that Anzhou's trade must be controlled by the Dayu Dynasty、、、、、、、

In this way, although Momen became the master of Anzhou, they still did not have much development in the past four hundred years, and they were still firmly controlled by the Dayu Dynasty.

And because of the close cooperation with the Dayu Dynasty for a long time, Momen has also become the most loyal and patriotic force in the rivers and lakes.

Their loyalty to the Dayu Dynasty was much stronger than that of ordinary people, such as the Jiedu envoy who decided a hundred years ago that no living people could be transported in iron cable boxes.

Even if the Holy Emperor was coerced and lured by it at that time, he was unmoved, until he finally starved to death, he still wrote it in his house: Chaotic ministers and thieves, you must not die well.

From this, it can be seen that Momen's loyalty to the Dayu Dynasty is known.

But there is nothing in this world that is forever inconvenient, and under the erosion of time, even the world will be rotten, let alone loyalty.

After nearly 400 years of loyalty, the disciples of Momen found that the more the Dayu Dynasty waned, the more the West Mountain squeezed Momen.

Especially since Emperor Shengcheng, with the chaos of the situation in the court, the grassland tribes began to rise slowly, and the wars in the northern border fortress became more and more frequent, which led to the increasingly heavy tasks on the Anzhou side.

Even if Emperor Wu succeeded in beating the grassland tribes with the rise of Emperor Wu later, it was not a good thing for the city of Anzhou, because Emperor Shengwu's reckless military force led to a great increase in the demand for weapons, so it was even more difficult for them to Anzhou.

In addition, Emperor Shengwu later issued an order to destroy the Buddha, and the Buddhist family that had stood in the rivers and lakes for thousands of years was directly slaughtered, which couldn't help but be a little chilling for the Momen, who also belonged to the millennium faction.

Therefore, some of the people in the Momen began to plot to get rid of the control of the Dayu Dynasty during the period of Emperor Shengwu.

And that's really why they got the book that is said to be able to predict the change of the dynasty.

However, there are still many people in the Momen who believe that they should continue to maintain their loyalty to the Dayu Dynasty, after all, this is the fundamental reason why their Momen can stand, including Jin Kai.

"Whether this Dayu Dynasty can continue is not something that our master and apprentice can know, the Dayu Dynasty can only resign itself to fate, and we can only ask for more blessings."

Shi Fangkai sighed and said.

"By the way, who are the people who came to Anzhou to celebrate my birthday now?"

"Back to the master, the Jianghu sect that has arrived in Anzhou Prefecture City now includes Mr. Shuiyue of the Confucian Sect and the Jixia School Palace, the Daomen Tianyi Sect Ziyun Daoist, and the Lady Qingling of the Hate Palace, and some people from the small sects are not in the stream."

Jin Kai said the three most important people in the Jianghu sect.

"I really didn't expect that this Jixia School Palace would send Mr. Shui Yue to come over to celebrate my birthday, you must know that Confucianism and our Momen have always been rulers and cloths, and they don't like each other."

Shi Fangzheng couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Mr. Shuiyue's name.

You must know that Confucianism, like their Momen, has also been dependent on successive dynasties for a long time.

However, their approach was very different from that of the Momen, which was more of a cooperative relationship with the Dayu Dynasty, while the Confucianism was thoroughly integrated into the dynasties.

Although they have always adhered to the principle of sharing weal and woe with the dynasty and doing their best for the dynasty.

But in Shi Fangzheng's view, this is just self-proclaimed by those sanctimonious guys.

They talk about worrying about the country and forgetting their homes, and donating their lives to help the needy; The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, but in fact, no matter who wins the world, they will lick their faces and be loyal to him.

Although Momen will do the same, at least it will not say one thing and do another like Confucianism.

You don't see the country full of tears today, and he welcomes the chieftain with wine every day.

Of course, Shi Fangzheng does not deny that there are real iron-clad men in Confucianism, but relatively speaking, most of the princes from Confucianism are soft bones.

The Confucianism looked down on the Momen and even was a little hostile to the Momen, but it was entirely because the Confucians felt that the Momen was one of the helpers of the world's troubles, and it was the weapons and equipment of the Momen that fueled the war, and the boundless killing had long been over.

The Confucianists believed that what they were pursuing was a battle with the world, and everyone was vying to learn the words of the sages, humility and courtesy, friendship and mutual assistance, and their Confucianism and the emperor ruled the world together.

"I don't know what the Confucian sect sent this Mr. Shuiyue to plan?"

Jin Kai touched his fat chin and said.

"Although the people of Confucianism are sanctimonious, they generally don't use conspiracy and tricks, and I think that Mr. Shuiyue is also one of the great Confucians in the world, so we don't have to guess his purpose, and he will naturally tell us when the time comes."

Shi Fangzheng thought for a while and said.

"By the way, although our two families are not in harmony, but since this Mr. Shuiyue has arrived in our Anzhou, you must not neglect others, arrange his food and lodging, don't brand the handle afterwards, by the way, where is this old boy now?"

Shi Fangzheng added.

"Back to Master, according to the people below, Mr. Shui Yue is printing inscriptions and poems on the Twelve Yuanchen Road at this time!"

"This old boy, I'm afraid it's true that he came to pay my birthday to me and pretend to print these poems and songs."

Shi Fangkai smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"By the way, have you arranged it over there from the Ziyun Dao people?"

Speaking of Ziyun Dao people, Shi Fangzheng's face expression was much more relaxed.

"It's been arranged, and they'll live in the East Fence Courtyard."

Jin Kai replied immediately.

"As for Mrs. Qingling, who is away from the Hate Palace, she will arrange for her to go directly to your master, after all, they are familiar with each other."

Shi Fangzheng groaned for a moment and then commanded.

"As for the people in its Jianghu sect, you can arrange it yourself, by the way, you will arrange the manpower to ensure the safety of these people, after all, these guys may have a grudge before, if there is an accident in our Anzhou, it will lose the face of our Momen."

After thinking for a while, Shi Fangzheng commanded.

"Master, don't worry, I have already considered this matter disciple, but we don't have to think about it on the side of the Ziyun Dao people, this time he is with a quiet scattered person!"

Jin Kai said with a smile, indeed, as he said, the safety of the Purple Cloud Dao people this time does not need to be considered by them at all, after all, the Qingjing Sanren is known as the "Daomen Sword Immortal", and his martial arts are absolutely superb.

"By the way, the imperial court has been urging us to speed up recently, seeing that the grassland tribes in the north are about to be integrated, and the next big war is already unstoppable, you have to hurry up and arrange the production of the men recently."

Thinking of the fifth edict he received last night, Shi Fangzheng couldn't help but feel distressed.

Originally, they had completed the tasks arranged by the imperial court this year, but they never thought that as soon as the three border cities in the north were broken, the situation would immediately become tense, and the Dayu Dynasty issued a new order to Anzhou again.

"Now the men have been arranged to work overtime in production, but the amount needed by the imperial court is too huge, so the craftsmen are more or less complaining now."

Jin Kai said helplessly.

"As early as when Emperor Shengheng first ascended the throne, I wrote to ask him to relax the food control of Anzhou, so that the population of Anzhou could be mentioned a little, after all, the mess left by Emperor Shengwu at that time was too serious, and the number of weapons we replenished for them at that time was huge, but I didn't expect Emperor Shengheng to immediately reject my request. It's good now, but now I'm anxious like an ant on a hot pot, why did I go earlier. “

Speaking of this, Shi Fangzheng's face showed an angry face, and he was very disgusted with the Dayu Dynasty's use of trade to control the grain import to Anzhou to control the population of Anzhou.

"However, we have made great progress in the last 20 years or so, otherwise we may not be able to deliver weapons to the imperial court on time!"

Jin Kai hurriedly spoke to comfort his master.

"Speaking of this technique, it hurts for the teacher, if only the teacher could record all the nameless strange books."

While saying Shi Fangzheng, he beat his chest and paused.

"Master, don't be sad, after all, no one thought that that strange book would disappear!"

Although Jin Kai was comforting his master, he was actually comforting himself.

I thought that they had deceived the strange book from a woman in the Lihate Palace, but they never thought that the strange book would disappear before they could read a few pages.

For this reason, at that time, their master and apprentice did not pay compensation to that girl, and even took a jade ruler that had been passed down for hundreds of years from their Momen.