Just when the peasant uprisings in various places were becoming more and more fierce, Lu Yaoliang, who was far away in Qingzhou, received a letter from Kyoto.

In the mansion of Lu Yaoliang in Qingzhou Mansion, Wen Jie took the letter handed over and looked at the contents of the letter, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Wen Jie, what do you think?"

As Lu Yaoliang's voice came into his ears, Wen Jie turned his head and saw a face without sadness or joy.

After a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The teacher is already a member of the court, and he has his own choice. ”

But Lu Yaoliang on the side shook his head gently.

"Today's Qingzhou is no longer the Qingzhou of the past, and the teacher still needs protection, but you and I are not only the teacher's students, but also the masters who decide the lives of millions of people in Qingzhou."

When Wen Jieyan heard this, his body trembled slightly, and he stopped talking.

In the entire Qingzhou, Wen Jie and Lu Yaoliang are both well-known local nobles, and at the same time, they worship Li Li's disciples, and they tie their interests together from the beginning of entering the officialdom.

But now in the face of Lu Yaoliang's expanding ambitions, Wen Jie really doesn't know how to face this friend.

The letter from Kyoto was naturally written by Li Li, wanting to send troops from all over Qingzhou to other prefectures and counties to quell the rebellion.

It stands to reason that sending troops to quell the rebellion is a good opportunity for Lu Yaoliang to intervene in the power of Jizhou and Yuzhou.

But the imperial court not only gave him the responsibility of quelling the rebellion, but also appointed the imperial court to prohibit the army Yun Bi to coerce him, so he had some meaning of using Qingzhou soldiers as gunmen.

Now Lu Yaoliang bears the name of the governor of Sanzhou, and with the collapse of the Jianghu Group, the entire Qingzhou is already in his pocket.

The prefects of the prefecture did not listen to the laws of the imperial court, and the power groups entrenched in the counties had become essentially warlords of their own.

As for Li Li, since he entered Beijing, his official position has risen rapidly like a rocket, and his vision is no longer limited to a state.

In the past, Li Li was insignificant in the Kyoto court, but now he is an official to Dazai, relying on the relief grain produced by the Qingzhou Army and Qingzhou.

can enjoy the benefits brought by the imperial court, and you have to pay the corresponding price in exchange.

At this time, Qin Yu co-opted the officials of the Qingzhou family represented by Li Li, just to borrow the shell of the Qingzhou Army to recover the power of the states.

But now that there are displaced people everywhere, the chaotic situation makes the Qingzhou group no longer want to be controlled by the imperial court.

At this time, Lu Yaoliang did not want to enter the court as an official and be a powerful minister, but preferred to be a prince who watched from the wall.

Not long after, the imperial court's order to transfer troops was delivered to Qingzhou.

To the surprise of the world, the governor of the three weeks, Lu Yaoliang, directly used the excuse of being tired of the people and tired of the war, and openly resisted the order.

The news was like a bombshell, setting off a huge tsunami on the political chessboard in the north.

After Emperor Qin Yu, who was far away in Kyoto, received the news, a sense of powerlessness came to his heart.

He knew that the real chaos in the world was not far away.

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Qingzhou, Lingshui County.

Xiao Jiu gathered all the leaders of the Xiao Ziying camp in the county government to discuss the future direction of Lingshui County.

The generals and leaders present at the scene admonished one after another, and basically believed that Lingshui County should be guarded at this time.

Only Zhou Jin, who had just joined Xiao Jiu's team, suggested that Xiao Jiu defect to Jizhou.

"Mr. Zhou, you are from Jizhou, you must have heard of the situation in Jizhou."

Xiao Jiu looked at Zhou Jin, who had a calm face, and said slowly.

All the people in the Xiao Ziying camp in the room squinted at this time, looking at the middle-aged Confucian in front of them.

Since serving as the chief bookkeeper in Lingshui County, Zhou Jin has rarely appeared in front of Xiao Ziying, and has been engaged in the work of grain collection and settlement.

At this time, there was a change in Qingzhou, and when Xiao Jiu asked everyone for their opinions, he jumped out and insisted that Xiao Jiu take refuge in Jizhou, and suddenly felt a little funny.

But Xiao Jiu didn't think so, and felt that since Zhou Jin proposed that he defect to Jizhou, where civil turmoil was raging, he must have his reasons.

Sure enough, when the room gradually quieted down, Zhou Jin began to explain unhurriedly.

"The people in the north are in turmoil, there is chaos in the world, after all, the Emperor of Kyoto is the nominal co-lord of the world, and Qingzhou's move will inevitably suffer from the world's tongue."

"Even if the imperial court is unable to touch Qingzhou, the neighboring Jizhou and Yuzhou will never let Qingzhou become bigger."

"Now that the two states are too busy to take care of themselves, if they want to restrain Qingzhou from growing, Lingshui County will definitely be used as a bridgehead by them."

"And we are not taking refuge in Jizhou, but occupying the righteousness of the imperial court."

As Zhou Jin talked eloquently, many people began to think about it.

Xiao listened to Zhou Jin's analysis and nodded slightly inadvertently.

After all, his small Lingshui County has few lands and widows, if Lu Yaoliang really recklessly raised troops to conquer, everything is really hard to say.

Now that the people of Jizhou are in turmoil, the government is in a hurry, and it is absolutely intolerable if Qingzhou's hand reaches in again at this time.

Joining the weak Jizhou is indeed a good choice.

Perhaps after Jizhou quells the rebellion, the governor of Jizhou will also have the intention of splitting the soil and sealing the king, but he will definitely keep Xiao Jiu and Lingshui County to contain Qingzhou.

Having made up his mind in his heart, Xiao Jiu directly asked Zhou Jin to draft a letter and send it to Jizhou.

Jizhou also quickly gave a reply, promising to send troops to assist when the Qingzhou army encircled and suppressed Lingshui County.

Now the whole world has gradually become chaotic, and many careerists have begun to move.

The rivers and mountains of Daxia are like a rough sea, and the waves crash against the battered fishing boat of the imperial court again and again.

With the resistance of Lu Yaoliang in Qingzhou, the situation has become an undercurrent, and the six border states outside Huya Pass are also uneasy.

With the passage of time, the Rong tribe on the grassland gradually encroached on the land of the six states, and Great Xia had been torn apart from a piece of flesh and blood.

In order to calm the hearts of the people, the Grassland Alliance supported the puppet regime of the Huaiwang family in Liangzhou, and the prince of Huaiwang was proclaimed emperor in the north, known as Northern Xia.

So during the same period, two regimes called Xia appeared, which can no longer be called a complete country.

Although the two regimes are bounded by Huyaguan, no war has broken out for the time being.

But everyone knows that if the imperial court can't suppress the popular uprisings in various parts of the Guannai, it will only be a matter of time before the country is destroyed.

Faced with this situation, the young emperor Qin Yu lost the vigor he had when he first took power.

Like an old man in his last years, he began to superstitious all kinds of strange powers and witchcraft.

Today's Kyoto court has not seen the emperor for several days, and the majestic and glorious palace is particularly deserted at this time, revealing a trace of strangeness.

In the inner garden of the palace, Li Li's family was held hostage and placed under house arrest in the palace, and Dazai-sama, who was still hot the day before yesterday, instantly became a canary in a cage.

Li Luoyao, the daughter of Dazai, looked at the wind chimes hanging on the curtain of the house, and a crisp sound sounded straight into her ears.

"It would be nice if you were in Kyoto."