Early morning.

Xuanzheng Palace.

Today, the officials came here early, and as soon as they arrived at the Xuanzheng Palace, the officials discussed the reform of Beijun, and they didn't even care about the war between Daxia and Dawu.

Although the war between Daxia and Dawu is also related to them, there are soldiers on the front line, and no matter how strong Dawu's military strength is, it is impossible to reach the capital in a short time.

The reform of the North County is different, the land issue is closely related to each of them, although the North King is only reforming in the fiefdom, it seems that it has not affected them, but the North King's thoughts make them feel very dangerous.

This kind of thought can never appear in Great Xia, once this kind of thought spreads, the interests of each of them will be affected in the future, and they will not allow Emperor Xia to have such thoughts, so they must nip this idea in the bud.

Seeing the heated discussion of the officials in the main hall on the reform of Beijun, Lin Gaoyuan's mood was a little complicated.

Only then did he decide to fall to the king of the north and support the king of the north in the future, and as a result, the king of the north made such a big move in the north county.

Legislation stipulates that the ownership of fiefdom land belongs to the prince, and the king of the north dares to do this kind of thing, and there is no official or strategist around the king of the north to stop the king of the north?

The courage of the North King is really too great.

Lin Gaoyuan's heart has even begun to waver.

He doubted that the North King would survive next year.

Even if Emperor Xia did not punish the Northern King, those families and those scholars would secretly send people to assassinate the Northern King.

As soon as he thought of this, Lin Gaoyuan sighed.

Originally, he thought that the king of the north was a person who was good at forbearance, and he would become a great tool in the future and would definitely make great achievements.

As a result, I didn't expect the North King to be so reckless.

I don't know if the heavy cavalry of Beijun has really been destroyed, it seems that when my son comes back, he must ask about the situation in Beijun.

Just when Lin Gaoyuan was distracted, the voice of the eunuch came from the main hall.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

Hearing this, the main hall that was like a vegetable market just now instantly fell silent.

Soon, Emperor Xia, wearing a yellow gold dragon robe, came to the dragon platform.

After he sat on the dragon chair, he said lightly: "What were you Aiqing discussing just now, the discussion was so intense, could it be that there have been any big changes in the front-line war, I don't know yet?" ”

Seeing that Emperor Xia was pretending to be confused, the official of a family couldn't hold back anymore, and directly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister impeached the king of the north for being lawless, disrespecting the etiquette system, oppressing the people, and acting misbehaving in the fiefdom. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Xia showed a confused expression, and then said, "King Bei? Didn't you discuss the front-line war just now, why did you discuss the North King again, did the North King do something that I didn't know, and there would be Aiqing impeaching him? ”

Seeing Emperor Xia pretending to be completely unaware, the ministers in the hall were stunned, could it be that the things that King Bei did in Beijun were really instructed by Emperor Xia?

Could it be that Emperor Xia plans to legislate to recover land ownership?

At this time, Zhao Wenhan stood up, "Your Majesty, the minister heard that the king of the north is carrying out reforms in the north county, and he wants to legislate to stipulate that the ownership of all the land in the north county belongs to him alone, and no one can buy and sell at will. ”

Emperor Xia frowned, and then said: "Zhao Aiqing's news is really well-informed, what I don't know, Zhao Aiqing knows first." ”

"But then again, a vassal king who reforms and establishes laws in his fiefdom doesn't seem to have much to do with the imperial court."

"If the imperial court arbitrarily interferes in the affairs of the feudal king's fiefdom, I am afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the feudal kings."

Zhao Wenhan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the reform of the Northern King has aroused public indignation, and now the common people in the streets and alleys are discussing the affairs of the Northern County, and not many people even pay attention to the war on the front line. ”

"If you don't stop the reform of the Northern King and don't punish the Northern King, I'm afraid that the common people will think that Your Majesty made the Northern King do this, and it is even possible that Your Majesty will also legislate to recover all the land in Great Xia in the future."

"Now that the war on the front line is tight, if you let the soldiers know that the land they have earned through military merit may be taken back, they still have the heart to fight for Great Xia and for Your Majesty."

"So I beg Your Majesty to severely punish the King of the North!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Wenhan knelt down directly.

Seeing that Zhao Wenhan knelt down, the officials of Zhao Wenhan's faction knelt down one after another, and said in unison: "Please Your Majesty severely punish the King of the North!" ”

Seeing that more than half of the officials in the court knelt down, Emperor Xia did not have a trace of fluctuation in his heart, he had already expected that the court would be like this today yesterday.

In fact, what these ministers are most afraid of is to take back the ownership of the land by themselves, and Zhao Wenhan's words just now are to test himself, and at the same time to remind him not to have such thoughts, otherwise he will be the end of the emperor.

Emperor Xia said lightly at this time: "If it is really as you said, the king of the north legislated to recover the ownership of the land in the north county, then he has indeed gone too far. ”

"Although the land I gave him should have been his, if all the land was taken back, how would the people live?"

"Well, it should be punished!"

Speaking of this, Emperor Xia's gaze fell on Lin Gaoyuan.

Emperor Xia asked, "Lin Aiqing, how do you think the Northern King should be punished, should he be stripped of his throne, or should he be done?" ”

Lin Gaoyuan was stunned.

This is a hot question, if you don't answer it, you will not only offend Emperor Xia, but also offend the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Lin Gaoyuan thought for a while, and finally said: "Beiwang fish meat the people, live up to the life and death of the common people, naturally should be punished, but ......"

"The war between Daxia and Dawu is not over yet, if the title of a vassal king is cut off at this time, it is very likely that the northern king will be directly forced to rebel."

"Although the minister heard that the heavy cavalry of Beijun has been destroyed, we can't forget that the king of Beijun led the soldiers of Beijun to destroy the tribe of the Heavenly Wolf King, which is enough to see that Beijun is full of martial virtues."

"Even if there is no heavy cavalry, the Northern King can still quickly recruit a group of soldiers with extremely strong combat effectiveness, once the Northern King rebels, Great Xia will fall into a situation of being attacked from both sides."

Before Lin Gaoyuan finished speaking, he was about to continue, when Emperor Xia interrupted him.

"What Lin Aiqing said is very reasonable, the war ahead is not over yet, and it is extremely unwise to abolish the title of a vassal king at this time."

"However, I can't go completely unpunished, I should give an explanation to the people of Great Xia, since this is the case, then transfer all the soldiers from the imperial court to support Beijun back, and no longer help Beijun to guard Tianguang City."

"From today on, the imperial court will no longer support the northern county, even if the barbarians go south, the northern county will resist the barbarian attack alone."

Hearing Emperor Xia's words, Zhao Wenhan frowned.

What kind of punishment is this?

This punishment may not be painful for the king of the north.

But then again, the reform period chosen by the Northern King is really good, and now it is a war period, and from the overall situation, the imperial court really can't just abolish a vassal king.

If the king of the north is forced to rebel at that time, whoever takes the lead in saying that he wants to abolish the king of the north will have to bear this pot.

At this time, Emperor Xia said: "Okay, all Aiqing get up, I understand what you are worried about." ”

"But you can rest assured, all this is completely Xiao Jiu's blind tossing in Beijun, and it has nothing to do with me, and it is impossible for me to legislate to recover the land under heaven."

"Although the Great Xia Dynasty was defeated by Taizu, nominally all the lands of the Great Xia Dynasty belong to the royal family and belong to me, but these lands have already been rewarded by me, how can I take them back."

Hearing Emperor Xia's words, the ministers in the court always felt weird, and Emperor Xia seemed to be reminding them that this Great Xia belonged to him, so let them be honest.

Zhao Wenhan felt that it was useless to continue to kneel, so he still stood up, and after Zhao Wenhan got up, other officials of the imperial court also got up.

At this time, Zhao Wenhan said: "What Lin Xiang and His Majesty said is reasonable, but the minister is too reckless, and he didn't think about the harm that the abolition of the vassal king at this time might bring to Great Xia. ”

Seeing that Zhao Wenhan did not continue to persevere, most of the officials in the court felt very uncomfortable, of course, they were not dissatisfied with Zhao Wenhan, but they felt that it was a pity to let the Northern King escape like this.

If it weren't for the fact that the two dynasties were still at war now, this practice of the Northern King would definitely be severely punished, his thinking was too dangerous, and no minister in the court would allow him to have such thoughts.

Even if it is possible that the Northern King's actions were instructed by Emperor Xia, it will not work either.

At this moment, the voice of the Red Silk Messenger came from outside the main hall.

"Wuxi County Urgent! Dawu gathered an army of millions and launched an all-out attack! ”

After hearing the words of the Red Silk Messenger, the ministers turned their attention to the battle on the front line, and then they began to discuss how to deal with the all-out attack of the Great Force.

At this time, Chu Qinwu, the secretary of the military department, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, we have already sent an envoy to Dawu to express the idea of peace talks to Dawu, but Dawu still mobilized a large army to attack Xiwu County, which proves that in Dawu's view, Daxia's strength has been greatly reduced, so the idea of peace talks will be proposed." ”

"The minister believes that if you want to negotiate peace, you must first repel Dawu's attack, and also counterattack to a certain extent, so as to be able to deter Dawu and let Dawu know that Daxia is not weak and can be bullied."

"In order to boost the morale of the front-line soldiers, the minister suggested that the Eighth Prince be in command and lead the three armies to counterattack Dawu."

Hearing Chu Qinwu's words, Emperor Xia's eyes narrowed slightly.

He had basically guessed the meaning of the Jiangnan family, which was to let the Eighth Prince make military merits, and then pave the way for his position as the crown prince.

However, since he was already planning to compromise, he had no choice but to obey their wishes, and as for commanding the three armies, it would definitely be impossible.

Emperor Xia then said: "Although the King of Qi is capable of writing and martial arts, he has no experience in commanding a large army, so he can go to the front line to encourage the soldiers, but he must not interfere with the decisions of the front commander at will. ”

Emperor Xia attaches the most importance to the military power, how can it be handed over to others casually, if the Eighth Emperor really lets the Eighth Prince command the three armies, I am afraid that it will be easy to hand over the military power, and it will not be so easy to take it back.

Hearing Emperor Xia's words, the Eighth Prince immediately stood up and said, "Thank you Father for giving your son this opportunity!" ”

Seeing that Emperor Xia actually agreed to the eighth prince to go to the front line so easily, the other princes immediately stopped.

The eight princes were able to go to the front line, and they naturally had this qualification, and then all the princes stood up one after another and asked Emperor Xia to allow them to go to the front line to fight with Dawu.

However, Emperor Xia did not agree, the war was probably over, and it was impossible for Emperor Xia to let other princes go to the front line to make trouble.

Emperor Xia gave the Eighth Prince the opportunity to convey goodwill to the Jiangnan family, how could he let other princes follow him to the front line to stir up peace.

After that, there was a dispute between the various factions in the court, originally they wanted to trouble the king of the north today, but now all the ministers have turned their attention to the war on the front.

This was basically exactly the same situation that Lu Chen expected, even if the ministers of the imperial court knew about the reforms he had carried out in Beijun, because of the war between Dawu and Daxia, the imperial court would not be able to allocate extra energy to trouble him.

Moreover, the imperial court did not dare to find trouble with a vassal king at this time, and the foreign enemies had not yet been repelled, if civil strife was provoked at this time, Great Xia would become even more dangerous.

Of course, this made the ministers of the court very uncomfortable, and now they can't move the king of the north, and they can't stop him from reforming in the fiefdom, can they only watch him toss around in the north county?

It's definitely not going to work.

Since the measures related to land reform in Beijun were proposed by Beiwang on the surface, it is necessary to solve the person who proposed Beiwang, so that the reform of Beijun will naturally stop.

Meanwhile.

In an attic selling weapons, Wang Yong was communicating with a middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man's whole body is full of strong muscles, one by one looks very distinct, and there is a long scar on his face, and the whole person looks fierce and vicious, and he looks like a martial artist at a glance.

After listening to Wang Yong's words, the middle-aged man burst out laughing, and then he said, "Brother Wang, if you had come to us earlier, I'm afraid that the scourge in the north would not have been involved in these things!" ”

"Hmph, the Blood Moon Tower is really a waste, it will actually be planted in the hands of the North King!"

Wang Yong said with a smile: "What the Lord of the Su Pavilion said is that this matter will trouble your Lingwu Pavilion, and after the matter is completed, five million taels of silver will be offered." ”

Su Teng said confidently: "Brother Wang, don't worry, you will soon hear the news of the violent death of the Northern King." ”

"Except for the one in the palace, no one in our Lingwu Pavilion wants to kill can protect him, not even the Great Grandmaster."

Seeing Su Teng so confident, Wang Yong was relieved in his heart.

Lingwu Pavilion is not a professional killer organization, but the dirty work done by their forces is not much less than that of a professional killer organization like Blood Moon Tower.

The most important point is that Lingwu Pavilion is not as notorious as the Blood Moon Tower, Lingwu Pavilion is only a shop selling weapons on the surface, but in fact, they have a lot of ways to make money, including taking orders and killing people.

(End of chapter)