The kingdom of Yue perished.

When Lu Yuan received this news, even if he had expected it in his heart, he was still stunned for a long time.

A dynasty that dominates the south of the Yangtze River and has been inherited for more than 200 years is simply extinguished?

The rise and fall of this world is really embarrassing.

However, after sighing for a while, he began to act.

The Yue Kingdom has perished, and it seems that this new Ning State, which replaced the Yue Kingdom, has also survived the catastrophe of its own founding of the country.

Through a battle of the Northern Expedition, he repelled the Zhou people, completely repelled the external threat, and gained a firm foothold in this troubled era.

In this case, the relationship between his Changsha Kingdom and the newborn Ning Kingdom will have to be carefully calculated.

"I am now practicing the Taiping Dao, which is the way of luck.

According to this saying, if the Yue country is compared to a big tree, my Changsha country originates from the canonization of the Yue country, that is, the branches and leaves on the big tree.

And Changsha gathers luck, just like the photosynthesis of leaves, absorbing nutrients from the outside world. Some of the difference in these nutrients can be retained, but some of them must be separated to keep the trunk alive.

Therefore, the luck gathered by Changsha will be divided into two or three percent, or even more than half, to the Yue court.

This is the meaning of the flow of branches. ”

Now, as the cultivation of the Taiping Dao Technique has become more and more sophisticated, some things that Lu Yuan had not noticed when he was cultivating have gradually discovered at this time.

For example, every time he swallows and exhales his luck, he can always feel that the luck he absorbs is not all the luck he has gathered.

The thousands of miles of territory of Changsha and the luck provided by millions of people seem to have been intercepted, and I don't know where it is leading.

This intercepted luck can probably account for about 30% of all his luck.

Originally, Lu Yuan had learned this way for the first time, and there was no one to guide him, so he had no clue why his luck was intercepted.

Even though he was angry and unwilling in his heart, he was helpless.

But just a few days ago, most of his luck that had been intercepted by others suddenly returned, and the final loss of luck dropped to about 10%.

This naturally made Lu Yuan care.

But when he pondered carefully, he couldn't figure it out much because of his vision and experience.

In the end, he could only accept this fact with confusion and joy, and then work harder to cultivate the Dao book.

It wasn't until today that the news came back from Jinling City in the east, informing that the Yue Kingdom had perished and that the Ning Kingdom had established a major event, that Lu Yuan suddenly realized that it was the Yue Imperial Court that had been intercepting his luck.

Think about it too.

Changsha came from the Yue Kingdom, which was originally a vassal state established by the Yue Kingdom to cede Dongting County.

In terms of name, the two countries have a master-slave division.

In fact, all the flags of Lu Yuan have always been the name of Changsha in the Yue Dynasty. In the eyes of people from all over the world, Changsha is also a vassal state of Dayue, and it is not independent.

Not only him, but even the four countries of Nanhai, Ninghai, Xichuan, and Hanzhong, in the eyes of outsiders, are all princes under the banner of Dayue.

Once the five countries are one, they are fundamentally one.

Otherwise, in the previous Northern Expedition, why did Changsha, Nanhai, and Ninghai accept the dispatch of the Yue Imperial Court and each send 100,000 troops to participate in the Northern Expedition?

After participating in the Northern Expedition, the kings of the Three Kingdoms were all there, why should they obey the leadership of Bai Mengyang, Marquis of Wu'an, and obey the orders of the courtiers of other countries with the voice of the king?

Doesn't the above facts illustrate the master-slave identity between the local vassal states of Changsha and the Yue court?

You don't care about the facts, what is the inside story.

Anyway, to outsiders, that's the case.

It is precisely because of this that although the strength of the Yue Kingdom has greatly declined, there are only five counties left in the territory directly under the central government. However, as the overlord of Yangzhou, he can still be on an equal footing with the Liang State, which occupies ten counties, and the Zhou State, which has lost half of Hanzhong County and most of Xiangyang County, leaving only seven counties.

What is the reason for this?

Isn't it counting the five vassal states under the command of the Yue Kingdom, and the entire Yue State Imperial Court, nominally ruling the land of the Ten Counties?

It is precisely this seemingly vast territory that has maintained the hegemony of the Yue Kingdom.

And it is precisely by virtue of this feudal tributary system that Changsha is subject to the Yue State in terms of origin and reputation.

In this case, the luck he had gathered had to be divided into three percent and intercepted to the Yue Imperial Court.

"Now that the Yue Kingdom has been destroyed, the original master-slave name and tributary system naturally do not exist. So the luck of the three percent that was intercepted came back to two percent.

Then why don't you come back with the rest of your luck? ”

Thinking of this, Lu Yuan frowned: "Could it be that the newly-born Ning Kingdom inherited the orthodoxy of the Yue Kingdom, so it also inherited a part of the righteous name for me, so that the remaining Yicheng luck can be intercepted?"

So if I continue to recognize the dominance of the Ning State and be a vassal state under its tributary system, will I have to be intercepted back again if I come back now?

If this is really the case, then the relationship between me and Ning Guo will have to be talked about well. ”

For him, in today's situation, nothing is more important to him than luck.

The more luck you have, the faster you will improve your realm if you cultivate the Taiping Dao Book.

Under the tributary system, it seems that only thirty percent of the luck has been intercepted, and there are still as many as seventy percent left.

But for Lu Yuan, it was not only the luck of thirty percent that intercepted the flow, but also his own cultivation speed, which was forcibly cut off by as much as thirty percent.

That's a thirty percent cultivation speed!

In the short term, it may be nothing, but if in the long run, one's cultivation speed has been dragged down by thirty percent, what a big loss?

Not even to mention three into it.

Even if he has been cut off from Yicheng's luck now, slowing down Yicheng's cultivation speed, it is an unacceptable thing for Lu Yuan.

He governed the country by himself, stabilized the people, led the troops to the battle, opened up the territory, and worked hard to gain luck, and lost his life to cultivate the Taiping Taoist Book.

Paid so much to make a wedding dress for someone else in the end?

Thinking about this thing, it makes people feel very uncomfortable, right?

It's like a child I've raised for twenty years, only to find out that it's not my own, not to mention how disgusting it is.

Now the luck that has been stolen is the child that Lu Yuan helped others raise.

How unjust should this kind of being a green hat be before it can be accepted?

He couldn't accept it anyway.

Therefore, it is necessary to break it, not only the master-slave relationship, but also the tributary system. It just so happens that the country of Yue is destroyed, so take advantage of this opportunity to simply cut everything off. ”

Lu Yuan realized this, and his expression became resolute.

Your hard-earned luck must not be shared by others.

This newborn Ning Guo has nothing to do with him, that Shen Qiu, who doesn't know anyone, also wants to share his luck and wants to eat fart?

Take advantage of this opportunity to completely cut with that group of coastal families.

……

Although it was decided to make a complete cut with Ningguo, the relationship between Changsha and Ningguo was not something that could be broken.

And even if you want to break it, you are very particular about how to break it.

The simplest and most direct way is naturally to send someone directly to Jinling as an envoy, and then count down the sinking hill in person, condemn his despicable behavior of usurping the throne, and then announce that he will not recognize Ningguo and directly start a war with the other party.

The above is undoubtedly the fastest way to cut.

Not only can the relationship between the two be severed. It can even be used to crusade against Ningguo to gather a wave of hearts of the scholars and people who are interested in Yueguo, and reap a wave of luck in reverse.

But can it be done?

Apparently not.

Not to mention the newly-born Ning State, after accepting the foundation of the Yue Kingdom, its strength is far stronger than that of Changsha State. If you really want to declare war, you basically can't win it.

Let's just say that the current situation of Changsha is not capable of fighting a battle for the country.

So the above approach will not work.

If you can't implement it, then if you want to cut it clean, you can only take a roundabout way.

So after receiving the news of the demise of the Yue Kingdom, he decided to cut off with the Ning Kingdom.

Lu Yuan made a quick decision and sent envoys on the same day to Ninghai in the South China Sea, Xichuan and Hanzhong.

There is no other intention to go here, just one point, unite these four countries, and cut off the master-slave status and tributary system of Hening State together.

It's just that Changsha is a country, and severing relations with Ning alone seems to be lacking in confidence after all.

But if it can be brought together with several other countries, then this strength and confidence will be greatly increased.

Dealing with one Changsha country alone and dealing with all the vassal states is still very different for the Ningguo court.

One is a problem that can be solved alone, and the other is an opponent who can't cope with it even if he goes all out.

It is self-evident which of the two is more important.

The only thing that is a bit of a headache is that Lu Yuan wants to be independent of the tributary system of the Ning State, and the other countries are willing to follow.

Among the four countries other than Changsha, Xichuan and Hanzhong, which had just been established, were unlikely to agree.

The strength of these two countries is very weak, each with only 780,000 people, and the total number of soldiers and horses does not exceed 50,000.

But these two small countries still have to resist the 150,000 troops deployed by the Zhou State in Hanzhong County.

With such a strong enemy pressed on their heads, for Hanzhong and Xichuan, they would only break away from the big tree of Ningguo when they were crazy, give up a tiger skin that they could rely on, choose to be independent, and face a circle of strong enemies around them.

Therefore, if you want to win them over, the probability of success is not large.

Fortunately, Lu Yuan didn't have much expectations for them, and he didn't expect them to help him much.

His real hope is still the South China Sea and Ninghai.

These two countries are also old allies with themselves. previously formed an alliance together, stood up for a showdown with the Yue country, and opened the prelude to the closure of the country.

The latter three countries have always been a small camp, advancing and retreating together, coping with pressure from Vietnam and other countries.

Now the country of Yue is dead.

Lu Yuan believes that in the face of this blockbuster news, he is not the only one who is shaking in his heart at this time, and he has other careful thoughts.

He wanted to take this opportunity to cut off with Ning Guo and make Changsha Kingdom independent.

Don't you want the other Ninghai and South China Sea countries?

Belch......

Yan Wangqiu, that old man, may not really want to.

This old man is old, and now he seems to be one hundred and forty-five or sixteen years old, and like Wu Anhou, who just died this year, he has less than two years to live when he is dying.

In this case, he naturally wants to be stable and be able to pass on the South China Sea country.

Therefore, for Lu Yuan's desire to make trouble, Yan Wangqiu may not support it.

But Old Man Yan didn't support it, but Su Xuange's guy didn't necessarily support it.

is different from Yan Wangqiu, who is already dying and old.

Today's Su Xuange is only eighty-three years old, and he can live for more than 60 years in the future, which is the prime of life.

And this person's temperament is not peaceful.

Judging from Lu Yuan's contact with the other party, this is a man with great ambitions and ambitions.

The small Yulin County will never be able to restrain each other. Only a broader world is what this person desires.

"According to the report of the spies I placed in Ninghai Kingdom, since returning from the Northern Expedition, Su Xuange has begun to levy taxes in the country.

In just half a year, Ninghai's taxes have doubled compared to the past.

It has overwhelmed the people in the country, and the people are struggling to make a living. Even in a few places, there has been a large-scale exodus of people.

And all the overcharged tax money was used by him to expand the army and raise soldiers.

This Su Xuange took the previous Northern Expedition, captured 20,000 Zhou soldiers, and the original county class of 10,000 county soldiers as the backbone, and recruited 20,000 people from the tens of thousands of people brought back from the Northern Expedition to form a war with a scale of 50,000 people.

Later, in the local prefectures and counties, a large-scale expansion of the number of prefecture soldiers and county soldiers was carried out, with a scale of 3,000 people per prefecture and 200 people per county, and 50,000 prefecture and county soldiers were recruited.

He even followed my example and set up a militia in the local area.

After this operation, he almost organized 100,000 regular troops and hundreds of thousands of militias.

Although these newly trained soldiers, prefecture and county soldiers, and militia groups, their combat strength is very suspicious.

But the size of more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, but the number has been pulled up. And 50,000 soldiers, 50,000 county soldiers, it is also very bluffing to say it.

Today's Ninghai State, judging from its strength on paper, can be regarded as a small military power. ”

Lu Yuan thought back to the information that had come from Ning Haiguo in the past few months. In my heart, I have already guessed Su Xuange's thoughts thoroughly.

The tiny Ninghai Kingdom, if it is purely self-defense, how can it use so many soldiers and horses?

As long as there are about 50,000 soldiers, prefecture and county soldiers, plus Su Xuange, the innate grandmaster, even if outsiders are 200,000 troops to attack, it is enough to resist the enemy and ensure the survival of the entire Ninghai Kingdom.

Therefore, if you want to protect yourself, as long as Ninghai Kingdom has 50,000 soldiers and horses, it is enough to use it.

But now, Su Xuange disregards the status quo that he has just established Ninghai Kingdom and the local people are not attached, and he insists on expropriating and extorting tyranny, forcing the people to flee, and also levying taxes to force people to death.

This kind of method of fishing with all his might, killing chickens and taking eggs to expand the army, if you want to say that he is purely for self-defense, I'm afraid that a three-year-old child won't believe it, right?

So since it is not for self-defense, Su Xuange is rampant in the country and raises many soldiers and horses, which is naturally not used to see, but to expand externally.

In which direction is he expanding?

Geographically, it is nothing more than four directions: southeast, northwest and northwest.

To the north of Ninghai is Changsha State.

Lu Yuan's territory is thousands of miles, there are more than 200,000 soldiers, and there are two innate grandmasters in China. This kind of strength is twice as strong as Ning Haiguo, as long as Su Xuange has a normal brain, it is unlikely that he will provoke him.

To the west, there are the southwestern kingdoms.

In the southwest, although most of the Zhuyi countries are very weak, many of them are only one prefecture and one county, and there are tens of thousands of people, which is a real small country.

It only takes a tens of thousands of troops to destroy countless countries there.

The southwestern region, in addition to these small foreign countries, also has several overlords. They are Dachangheguo, Dali, and Nanzhao.

On the southwest border, those small Yi countries are basically vassals of the three big Yi countries.

If Ning Haiguo wants to fight those small Yi countries, he will inevitably face those three Yi countries.

But these three Yi countries all have thousands of miles of land, millions of people, hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the country, and there are innate grandmasters in charge.

In terms of strength, it is not weaker than Ning Haiguo at all, and even surpasses it.

As long as Su Xuange is not stupid, it is impossible to poke this hornet's nest.

So his remaining expansion goals were only to the south and east.

And to the south of Ninghai Kingdom, it is Jiuzhen County, which originally belonged to Dayue and now belongs to Daning.

Today's Jiuzhen County, after several years of recovery, has about 200,000 households and a population of more than 1 million.

In this county, there are 50,000 soldiers led by Xie Ning, Marquis of Wuping, and 20,000 county soldiers formed locally. And if necessary, more than 100,000 people can also be recruited locally.

With these strengths, Su Xuange wants to conquer Jiuzhen County, which is basically a dream.

"So his final goal is only the South China Sea Country."

Lu Yuan was silent in his heart.

When the alliance between Changsha, Nanhai, and Ninghai began to be established, he knew that sooner or later it would break down.

And I have been guarding against this, preparing for a break in the future.

But Brother Su Xuan began to fight the idea of the South China Sea so quickly, and he really changed his mind too quickly.

But it's no wonder.

In this country, Yan Wangqiu will soon die of old age, and then there will be no innate grandmaster to protect the South China Sea Kingdom.

And after Yan Wangqiu returned from the Northern Expedition, he did not start to establish his own combat system like Su Xuange.

Now in the entire South China Sea, there are only more than 10,000 county soldiers as before.

This bit of strength, when Yan Wangqiu dies, for outsiders, it is no different from nothing.

It's just that the South China Sea is so rich, in this troubled world, under the eyes of a group of wolves around, naturally everyone wants to bite this fat sheep.

Su Xuange will be tempted, and it is normal.

Don't talk about him, even Lu Yuan, if he says that he is not impressed, it is also fake.

The only difference between him and Su Xuange is probably that he will not take the initiative to betray the alliance, and during the alliance period, he will not attack this ally, right?

Speaking of which, in this troubled world, the strong are born and the weak die.

If you don't try to eat others, others will come and eat you, or how can you say that there is a world of great contention?

Su Xuange, who has this kind of awareness, will naturally be like Lu Yuan in the current general trend of the destruction of the Yue Kingdom, and it is impossible for him to accept the previous situation willingly, and be subject to the new Ning Kingdom under the righteousness of the name.

It is basically no problem for him to stand up and be independent with Lu Yuan.

As a part of the Triple Alliance, even if the South China Sea State is unwilling, Yan Wangqiu can only obediently follow and break away from Ningguo.

Therefore, there is no doubt that the Triple Alliance will advance and retreat together in this cutting and breaking.

The Three Kingdoms are one, there are four innate grandmasters, nearly 400,000 soldiers and horses, and this strength is already on par with Ning Guo.

With this kind of deterrence, it is enough to make the Ningguo court jealous and make a compromise.

Therefore, after sending the envoy, Lu Yuan began to wait with peace of mind for the replies of various countries.

At the same time, he was also waiting for the first wave of envoys sent to Changsha after the opening of the country by Ningguo.

The change of hegemony in the Yangzhou region will soon begin.

The old system will eventually be broken, and the thousand-year-old dynasty of the Linhai family will come to blow the horn of destruction.