In many cases, conspiracies can only calculate one person or a small group, and if you want to calculate a large group and destroy a large force, there is no way to do it with a simple conspiracy.

Since Emperor Xia ascended the throne, he has been arranging all the time, calculating those families, and stirring up the relationship between those families, but as a result, those families are still reporting very tightly, and he has not seen that family has been counted by him.

Ancient families like the Wang family could not be destroyed at all without the means of physical extermination, and any policy to suppress the family was a small fight for the family, and the family could not only distort the emperor's policy, but also use the new policy to seek more benefits for them.

Emperor Xia had long seen through the family's methods, and he knew very well in his heart that all measures were not as effective as directly cutting off the heads of those people.

Years of playing games with the family in the court have given Emperor Xia a concept in his heart, that is, only force can solve everything.

With the prince Lushu Yunnan down, the imperial army is also ready to go south, although nominally to go south to resist the spread of the plague, but those generals know very well that they are definitely not going south to control the plague this time, or in the eyes of Emperor Xia, those families are plagues.

After Lu Shuyun arrived in Sufeng City, with the help of the Jiangnan family, he quickly took control of the counties in the Jiangnan area.

The Jiangnan area has been the territory of the Jiangnan family since ancient times, and there is not even a vassal king of the imperial court in this place, plus the surrounding counties are all officials of the family, it is very easy for Lu Shuyun to control the counties in this area, and it does not need to spend too much energy at all.

Of course, controlling the counties is one thing, and controlling the local army is the main thing, if you only control the local counties and counties, and there is no army to resist the army of the imperial court, it is useless.

On the one hand, Lu Shuyun integrated the private soldiers of the family in the Jiangnan area, and on the other hand, he sent people to win over the generals of the imperial court, and if he wanted to rebel, he could not just rely on these families.

Only with the support of more people and more forces can they have the possibility of success.

The seventh day of June.

The news of the prince's rebellion spread throughout Great Xia, and Lu Shuyun gathered hundreds of thousands of troops to the north, saying that he wanted to clear the king's side.

Lu Shuyun pointed the finger at Lin Gaoyuan, who did not stand on his own, saying that it was precisely because of such traitors as Lin Gaoyuan that the Great Xia Dynasty was defeated by the Great Xia Dynasty, and it also led to the Great Xia Cession of land and compensation.

Great Xia, the capital.

Lin House.

Lin Gaoyuan was drinking tea in the study, and was busy writing a letter to Lu Chen, at this moment, Lin Xiuming rushed in, and without even knocking on the door, he rushed directly into the study, "Dad, something is wrong!! ”

Seeing that Lin Xiuming was frizzy, Lin Gaoyuan frowned, he stopped the pen in his hand and said, "How can people who are so big still frizzy." ”

Lin Xiuming ignored Lin Gaoyuan's reprimand, he directly handed a piece of yellow paper in his hand to Lin Gaoyuan and said, "Dad, the prince is the opposite, he issued a document to beg the thief, saying that he wanted to clear the king's side, and also said that you are the culprit who caused the defeat of Great Xia." ”

Hearing this, Lin Gaoyuan didn't have the slightest surprise on his face, he smiled and touched his beard, and then said: "Sure enough, as I thought, I knew that the prince would definitely choose me as the target of their crusade on the surface." ”

Most of the officials in the court are what Lu Shuyun can win over, and if Lu Shuyun really succeeds in the end, Lu Shuyun can still reuse those officials.

But Lin Gaoyuan is different, since Lu Shuyun became the prince, Lin Gaoyuan has targeted Lu Shuyun many times, he and Lu Shuyun are obviously not all the way, the most important thing is that Lu Shuyun has to choose an official who everyone knows.

Ordinary officials, ordinary people have never heard of it at all, even officials of Shangshu's level. Ordinary people are almost impressed.

But the prime minister is different.

Lin Gaoyuan and Zhao Wenhan have been prime ministers for so many years, and the common people have long known the names of these two people.

And Zhao Wenhan himself is biased towards Lu Shuyun, so Lu Shuyun will definitely not choose Zhao Wenhan as a "traitor" to crusade, then only Lin Gaoyuan will be left.

When Lin Gaoyuan left the capital from Lu Shuyun, he was ready to be regarded as a "traitor" by Lu Shuyun.

Seeing that Lin Gaoyuan was unmoved, and even showed a smile, Lin Xiuming said: "Dad, how can you still laugh at this time, what if Your Majesty hands you over at that time?" ”

Lin Gaoyuan laughed, and then said, "Hand me over?" Let you read more books, if you don't listen, how can Your Majesty hand me over, you don't have to think about it. ”

"You don't think that the prince's so-called Qingjun side is really to clear our Lin family, right? The prince's so-called Qingjun side, Qing is His Majesty, he just took me out as a target. ”

"If the prince says that he wants to clear the king, wouldn't it be a rebellion for the son to make the father, even if he succeeds, he will inevitably be spurned by the world, and if he dares to directly target His Majesty, then how can he gather people's hearts at that time."

Lin Xiuming immediately said: "Dad, I naturally know that the prince's rebellion is not a simple Qing monarch's side, I am just worried that when the time comes, the army of the imperial court will not be able to hold on, and Your Majesty will hand over our Lin family to delay time." ”

"A few months ago, the people of the East Palace made the Cloud Piercing Bow, and the prince must have asked people to quietly build a lot of similar weapons in the Jiangnan area, and when the time comes, the imperial army will not necessarily be their opponents when they face those rebels."

Lin Xiuming is Lin Gaoyuan's son, and he is still a little sensitive to politics, of course he knows that the so-called Qing Jun's side is not just as simple as eliminating the so-called traitors.

What he was really worried about was what would happen to their Lin family if the imperial army was defeated.

After hearing Lin Xiuming's words, Lin Gaoyuan said with a serious face: "You are also the commander of the Qilin Army and a general, why do you have so little confidence in the army of the imperial court?" ”

Lin Xiuming said: "I have used the Cloud Piercing Bow, and I know how terrifying the power of the Cloud Piercing Bow is, the Cloud Piercing Arrow shot by the Cloud Piercing Bow can easily shoot through the armor of the heavy cavalry, and the 20,000 heavy cavalry of the imperial court may not be able to play a big role when the time comes." ”

Lin Gaoyuan said lightly: "The victory of the war is not only based on the power of the weapon, but also many factors, the power of the Cloud Piercing Bow is indeed very great, but not all soldiers can use the Cloud Piercing Bow, and Your Majesty has been laying out for so long, he must have placed chess pieces in the Jiangnan family, the result of this war is likely to be Your Majesty's victory, you don't need to worry too much." ”

Speaking of this, Lin Gaoyuan picked up the pen again, and then continued to write, saying as he wrote: "King Bei wrote to me not long ago, he already planned to marry your sister, and your sister also agreed. ”

Hearing this, Lin Xiuming was stunned.

His righteous sister agreed?

Really?

He remembered that when he told her about that incident in the Northland, she was still very resistant, why did she suddenly agree?

Just when Lin Xiuming was distracted, Lin Gaoyuan said coldly.

"If Your Majesty is really defeated, then we will go directly to the northern country."

This......

Lin Xiuming was stunned, he now knew why his father was not in a hurry at all, it turned out that he had already thought of a way out for the Lin family.

Merely......

If the imperial army was really defeated, would it really be so easy for their Lin family to escape from the capital and go to the north?

Lin Xiuming remained skeptical.

……

Meanwhile.

Northern Country, Parliamentary Palace.

Li Rui is reporting on the current situation of the northern country, the northern country belongs to the land with few people, and there are many places that have not been cultivated.

Since the reform of the northern country, the northern country has been encouraging the common people to open up the wasteland, don't look at Lu Chen has recovered all the land ownership of the northern country, but the people of the northern country are still more active in the land.

This is thanks to Luchen's policy of abolishing agricultural taxes, which is too advanced for this era, and the people have never experienced the feeling of getting as much food as they grow in the past.

Although the ownership of the land is not theirs, the common people think that they can plant for many years after clearing the wasteland, and they do not have to pay agricultural taxes in these years, as long as they have a few years, the labor they pay to open up the land is nothing.

Under the land policy of the northern country, many ordinary people are willing to take the initiative to open up the wasteland, and in addition, the northern country has moved a lot of displaced people from the three counties ceded by Great Xia, and those displaced people have no land, so in order to settle down, they have also joined the team of clearing the wasteland.

After listening to Li Rui's report, Lu Chen said: "Continue to encourage the people to open up the wasteland, and tell the people that the Beiwang Mansion will regularly distribute high-yield grain seeds in the next three years, and don't be afraid that there will be no crops that can be planted after the land is cleared." ”

Li Rui said: "Yes, Lord Wang." ”

At this time, Lu Chen continued: "In addition, this king intends to incorporate the northern land into the northern kingdom, and from today onwards, the map of the northern kingdom will be changed. ”

Hearing this, everyone in the hall was stunned.

Incorporate the Northlands into the Northlands?

Although Lu Chen had already mentioned this plan, at that time, Lu Chen was just thinking about it and had no actual action.

Nowadays, there are no big tribes like the Heavenly Wolf King tribe in the north, they are all small tribes, as long as the army of the northern country deters them a little, they can drive those small tribes out of the northern country.

At this time, Xiao Pengtian stood up and asked, "I don't know what the prince plans to do with those barbarian tribes on the grassland?" ”

Lu Chen said lightly: "In the territory of this king, it is naturally the people of this king, after the northern land is included in the northern country, those barbarian tribes must all be registered and recorded, and every barbarian must register the northern country ID card, they can continue to live a nomadic life on the grassland of the northern land, and they can also give up nomadism and settle south." ”

"For the barbarians who choose to settle in the south, the Northern Prince's Mansion will give them some land and send people to teach them how to farm."

Lu Chen already had experience in dealing with the barbarians, and after the barbarians of the Heavenly Wolf King Tribe and the Beixian King Tribe moved into the northern country, Lu Chen sent people to teach them to farm.

Not only that, Lu Chen also specially invited some people who knew both Daxia and Barbarian languages to teach Barbarians to speak Daxia.

Among the barbarians, the Great Xia of the Heavenly Wolf King tribe was better at the beginning, so the barbarians of the Heavenly Wolf King tribe integrated into Great Xia faster than the barbarians of the Northern Xianwang tribe.

Now those barbarians of the Sirius King tribe have become the link between the barbarians and the northern country, and the barbarians of the current Sirius King tribe have completely surrendered to Lu Chen in their hearts, and the barbarian soldiers who were captured before the northern kingdom, even if they are let go now, they don't have to look for someone to watch them, they will come back by themselves when the time comes.

In addition, there are many men in Daxia who have married barbarian widows as wives, and now the integration of the barbarians and the common people of the northern country is relatively good.

After listening to Lu Chen's words, Xiao Pengtian immediately knelt down and said, "Thank you for your kindness." ”

Lu Chen continued: "This king will set up a special barbarian administration, and when the time comes, all affairs related to the barbarians will be handed over to the barbarian administration. ”

"Okay, General Xiao, get up, this matter is here, and then you think that after the northern land is included in the northern country, it is better to divide several counties."

Hearing this, the hall immediately discussed.

The Northland is too big, not to mention how big the area of the Northland they don't know, even if the range of the Northland they know is included in the Northland, the land area of the Northland may exceed that of Great Xia.

The land area of a feudal state exceeds that of the suzerain, which may cause the jealousy of the imperial court, and even the northern king may be framed by the imperial court for rebellion.

As for how many counties to divide in the north, this is really not easy to divide, most of the northern land is grassland, and there are no people, if it is divided according to the counties of Great Xia, I am afraid that some counties will not have a single person, let alone where the officials who manage the counties live.

Just when the officials of the main hall were discussing fiercely, a brocade-clothed guard Qianhu entered the main hall, he came to Lu Chen from the side hall, and then whispered to Lu Chen: "Lord Wang, the eighth prince is reversed." ”

When the words fell, Jinyi Wei Qianhu handed the information in his hand to Lu, and Lu Chen opened the information and looked at it seriously.

At this time, the discussion in the hall became smaller and smaller, and the eyes of the officials fell on Lu Chen's face, the expression on Lu Chen's face was constantly changing, generally only major information Jinyiwei would enter the council hall during the small court meeting, if it was not particularly important information, Jinyiwei would directly send the information to Lu Chen's study.

Therefore, when they saw Jinyi Wei Qianhu enter the Council Palace, the officials in the Council Hall knew that something big must have happened in Great Xia.

After reading the information in his hand, Lu Chen said directly to the officials in the main hall: "This king received news that the eighth prince had colluded with the Jiangnan family to rebel by going south to resist the plague. ”

Hearing this, the hall suddenly became extremely quiet.

People have long guessed that there will be such a day, and recently they have frequently heard that Emperor Xia is cleaning the court and is going to send troops south, which is obviously forcing the Eighth Prince and the Jiangnan family to rebel.

Now the Eighth Prince and the Jiangnan family are really reversed.

They rebelled, and the opportunity for the north came.

At this time, the northern kingdom will incorporate the northern land into the northern kingdom, and the officials of the imperial court will definitely not say anything, and now the most important task of the imperial court is to quell the rebellion, and they can't manage the affairs of the northern kingdom at all, which is a great opportunity for the development of the northern country.

(End of chapter)