"The second couple is trying to die. If Haoyue is still alive, he will not let him do this." Xiao Yu said while sitting in the main hall of King Wu Palace in Jinling City.

Zhang Jin stroked his beard and said, "What Your Highness said is, if King Yong does this, who dares to join him in the world? I am afraid that he will become a lonely man soon. What a pity!"

"The prince who is in charge of the country doesn't pay attention to the Northern Expedition. He thinks about trivial matters every day, and dares to suppress these wealthy families. Even his brothers do not recognize it. The day of destruction is not far away." Ying Zongyue said with contempt.

Xiao Yu was too lazy to pay attention to the words of the two, but looked at Duanmu Yang, who had always had unique eyes. He looked serious and meditated, "Duanmu, what do you think?"

Duanmuyang heard Xiao Yu calling him and said slowly: "Your Highness, the official was ordered to talk to King Yong once during the wedding. And according to my observation, King Yong has a high prestige among the officials and generals of the Western Prefecture, and has a good reputation among the people. Now the implementation of the new policy may not be subject to much resistance in the Western Prefecture."

"Duanmu means that it is inevitable to advance the new policy?" Xiao Yu did not agree with Duanmuyang's judgment.

"The Xiaguan did not have this intention. King Yong only implemented the new policy in the Western Prefecture because of his majesty and powerful means in the Western Prefecture. The new policy will work in the Western Prefecture and will not affect us for the time being." Duanmuyang explained.

"For the time being? Duanmu should not keep silent." Xiao Yu felt an unprecedented sense of urgency.

Duanmuyang stood up and saluted Xiao Yu first, then turned around and bowed to everyone, "Your Highness, everyone, what I said next may make everyone feel uncomfortable, and may even make people feel that I am exaggerating, but I still want to say it."

"Don't have any taboos, just say it, we are talking about it!" Xiao Yu promised.

"Your Highness, now it seems that the new policy of the Western Prefecture is a rebellious, but this is not a sudden whim, but there are signs. Let's talk about taking the scholar first. The ninth-rank system makes most of the officials and generals in the world come from wealthy families. This is beyond doubt. Most of the people here have experienced being bullied by wealthy families. Looking at the system of the Western Prefecture, most of the officials and generals come from poor families. On the one hand, King Yong suppressed the aristocratic families and promoted the poor families. In the process of suppressing the aristocratic families, he married the Gu daughter as the princess. This also caused disagreement among the aristocratic families. The children of the sidelines were increasingly dissatisfied with their direct children. This is why the Xifu ruled the aristocratic families constantly, but not many aristocratic families chose to leave."

Duanmuyang said halfway, observing the reactions of everyone, then looked at Xiao Yu, and saw Xiao Yu thinking, and then continued: "The children of the sidelines in the aristocratic families do not need to be much easier for poor families to come forward. The selection of scholars in the Xifu is divided into two types, one is an exam, and the examination is cultivated as a criterion, so that local families cannot interfere, and the children of the sidelines will choose to show their style in the exam in order to stand out. The second is the recommendation system, which seems to be the same as the old system, but in fact, it is not the case.

The recommendation system is based on mutual restraint of everyone, avoiding the situation of a one-man government. Whether it is the Shangshutai, the Grand Governor's Office or the Central Hall, it is not important. The key is that this seemingly useless setting in the Civil Affairs Institute actually plays a crucial role in the entire Western Palace. Many dynasties have changed due to the dissatisfaction of the people. The establishment of the Yongwang Minjing Institute was a good relaxation and restricting the people's thoughts. The final result is that the Yongwang will become more and more popular."

"Yu Shui Military and Civil?" Gan Ming blurted out.

Everyone was reminded by Gan Ming's four words, and Xiao Yu slapped the table and said, "Duanmu, you are right in Duanmu. In less than two years, the strength of the Xifu will suddenly increase in the future. This system of recruiting scholars will cause continuous healthy competition between officials and the army, and gradually strengthening the rule of the Xifu in a subtle way is really terrible!"

Duanmuyang's words entered everyone's hearts. Even the expressions of Zhang Jin and Ying Zongyue who had always despised him continued to change. Meng Yan's mind was too terrible. The advantages would be fully displayed in the long run. No matter what, even the poor children of the Northern Mansion would have a yearning. At that time, will the Northern Mansion go back to the old path of aristocratic families controlling the government?

The expressions of Changsun Ziyang, Chen Zhuo and Zhuo Dingfeng seemed very nervous. They are the three relatively complete families in the Northern Mansion. As for Gu Qufeng, he has never been able to get along with them. Regardless of whether he admits it or not, Duanmuyang is right. For thousands of years, poor families can only exist as vassals of aristocratic families. The children of the aristocratic families are more like senior servants serving the direct families.

The three of them looked at each other, and they would definitely not be able to let the children of the sidelines and poor families climb onto their heads, but Meng Yan's new policy has triggered everyone's thinking. Once people start thinking, endless thoughts will come. As children of aristocratic families, they do not have the confidence to control people's hearts again. No matter what Xiao Yu's choice is today, this kind of thought must be made clear to the family, otherwise they will be the next one to be destroyed, and the ending may be even more miserable than Gu's.

The hall fell into a dead silence, everyone had their own thoughts, Xiao Yu's sense of crisis became stronger and stronger, and he said with a gloomy face: "Everyone go back and think about it, what should we do if it is as Duanmu said to us in the Northern Palace?"

Seeing everyone slowly retreating, Xiao Yu suddenly shouted: "Duanmuyang, Gan Ming, Yu Qingwu and Teng Han stayed."

Xiao Yu slowly walked out from behind the table, walked into the Four Dragon Steps and sat directly on the ground, and called the four people to sit over, saying seriously, "Teng Han, Qingwu, you are from the Western Palace, what do you think?"

Teng Han and Yu Qingwu looked at each other, feeling a little embarrassed. They were originally embarrassed in the Northern Mansion. They tried to shut up and talk as much as possible when talking about Western Mansion. Now Xiao Yu asked, he really didn't know what to say.

"You don't have to worry, although it's related to the future of the Northern Palace." Xiao Yu comforted.

"Your Highness, King Yong has always liked to use people's hearts when doing things. He is good at making open plans and controls the military and government affairs seem to be at will, but in fact no one can escape his hand. When Baoqing was reorganizing the army that day, he said that we were taking the initiative to come out, but it was driven out by King Yong's fans." Yu Qingwu maintained a neutral attitude as much as possible.

"Where are you? Teng Han?" Xiao Yu was quite patient.

"Your Highness, since the launch of Zhuobailing, many families of the sub-class families have had abnormal movements. They are not afraid to do so due to the family's control. When I was still in the army that day, I had a conversation with the sub-class children of the Du family of the first family of Lingling. They were very willing to join the command of King Yong, but most of them dare not move because of their mothers." Teng Han added.

"The two generals are all telling the truth. King Yong appointed Zhuo Bailing's brothers. Zhuo Bailing is now the Secretary of the Western Prefecture, and Zhuo Baiqing is even more cautious in the Secretary of the Criminal Division. If the Zhuo Bailing's brothers are not convincing enough, then Gu Yanfeng's central order plus Zhuge Xinglan's Chengdu order will be enough to attract the branches of the aristocratic family." Duanmuyang proved it to the two.

"Only talent is to raise it." Gan Ming suddenly spoke again.

Xiao Yu found it interesting to Gan Ming’s two speeches. “Yu Shui Military and Civilians” summarized the effect of the new policy of Xifu, and “only talent is to promote” expressed the characteristics of Xifu’s recruitment of scholars. He never thought that Gan Ming would have such an opinion.

"Don't be careless about writing, just say whatever you have!" Xiao Yu said directly to Gan Ming.

"Uh, Your Highness, I think it's okay to admit your mistakes and follow your examples as long as you are good for our Northern Palace?" After saying that, looking at the faces of everyone, Gan Ming felt that he was wrong and quickly knelt down and apologized.

What is rare is that Xiao Yu stopped his behavior and said meaningfully: "What a great man who admits mistakes and imitates it. You Gan Ming uncovers my scars and makes me realize the reality. How about you go to Chengdu again if you go to Duanmu?"

"It's not my subordinates who are not willing to do so. It's a bit too deliberate to go there so early." Duanmuyang explained.

Xiao Yu shook his head and said, "You accompany the princess over there. Cangshu Haoyue's coffin was buried in Jinping Mountain on Double Ninth Festival. Each mansion needs to express it. The princess and Cangshu Haoyue were childhood sisters and should go to pay their respects. Recently, there was a disagreement between the two mansions due to the new policy. As a regular accompanying partner, you also seem to be the attitude of the Northern Mansion. I will take this time to sort out the situation of the Northern Mansion and see how many things are worth."

Xiao Yu's attitude was shaken. Although Xiao Yu prefers to act arbitrarily most of the time, Xiao Yu has always been good at accepting words. As long as he absorbs the benefits of the new policy of the Xifu, even if he is the master, he will not be harmful.

"Your Highness is meticulous. When the subordinate arrives in Chengdu, he will find a way to understand the real situation of the new policy of the Western Prefecture." Duanmuyang replied.

"Yu Qingwu, Teng Han, I will give you two Kings of Wu to inspect the north and south lines separately. The two yamen will cooperate with you to investigate the situation in the army and find out the details of the army as soon as possible to report to me." Xiao Yu decisively arranged the two people's tasks. The relationship between these two people and most generals of the Northern Palace was well maintained, but they also had a distance. Letting them take the place of King of Wu to inspect and would not cause too much reaction.

"I will obey the order!" The two of them responded quickly.

"Gan Ming, go and call Xiao Zhan back and let him take charge of the daily affairs of the King of Wu's Mansion. You can go with me to visit privately. I want to know how conflicts between the people under the rule of the Northern Mansion and the aristocratic families have reached."

"Your Highness, what if the princess asks about this matter?" Duanmu Yang asked cautiously. Xiahou Ying is not an ordinary woman. The princess of the Northern Palace has done a lot of efforts today. It was too difficult to hide the talented woman who was known as Cang Shu Haoyue and Zhong Roulan back then.

"You don't have to worry about it. I will explain this to the princess. Be careful of the clerk Su Qing. This woman is not easy to mess with. She is a maid and has become a role model for women in the world under the guidance of Meng Yan. The woman is named Marquis. I think what Princess Yong said on the way back to Chengdu was because of this Su Qing that made those women have delusions." Xiao Yu was completely unacceptable to the fact that women participated in politics and became officials.

Duanmuyang also believed that women's participation in politics was Meng Yan's whimsical idea, or even a foolish move, so he directly abandoned women's things when talking about the new policy of the Western Prefecture.

After accepting the order, the four of them hurriedly left. Xiao Yu sat alone on the stairs in a daze. He couldn't figure out that he was orthodox, so how could he be forced into such a desperate situation by Meng Yan?

A self-deprecating may not be forced by Meng Yan at all, but by himself. He always tries every means to expand his strength. Now a million troops are stationed in Jiangdong, Lianghuai, Dongyang and Jiangnan fertile land. How about Meng Yan? After leaving Xingtan, he sees the good things others have done, occupying the entire southwest and extending to the Jiangnan area. Although there are no million soldiers, it is not much different. The richness of Liangchuan is not weaker than that of the Northern Prefecture.

In this way, Xiao Yu sat alone from daytime to nighttime when the lights were held, and the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting outside the hall did not dare to disturb him.

Xiahou Ying did not wait for Xiao Yu in the harem, so she came to the front hall alone to find him. She knew that he was alone in the main hall. Xiahou Ying understood that he was in a bad mood, so she withdrew the maid and came over with a lamp alone, "Are you a little disappointed?"

"You're here, sit with me for a while."

"Well, then sit for a while."


Chapter completed!