265 The Undercurrent and the Northward Movement of Purple MSI
Qianyuan thirty-three years.
At the beginning of the first month of this year.
Donghu rebelled in Wanyan Jin Kingdom, and Daqian sent troops to the north for a four-pronged expedition.
The war lasted for several months and ended with Donghu being pacified and Liaodong recaptured, with both sides having a victory or defeat.
In May of this year.
Daqian cut off the supply of military rations to the Zhenbei Army in order to force the Zhenbei Army to spontaneously disarm.
This June.
The "Sea Alliance" between the three vassal kings was secretly signed. Countless grains were secretly transported from the sea to the North, and many weapons and horses were secretly transported from the North to the South.
At the end of the month, Liaodong was also officially placed under the command of King Zhenbei.
September of this year.
A large number of new scholars served as officials of the Great Cadre.
Emperor Zhao Purui of Daqian Dynasty promoted dozens of officials in an unusual manner, and later, Zhang Zheng, the "Mr. Zhang San" who was the minister of punishment at the time, was appointed as the new prime minister.
The position of Prime Minister of Daqian has been vacant for more than a year, and now there is a new one.
As an official, Zhang Zheng has always been honest and upright. He also had a personal friendship with the previous prime minister, Qin Xiang, and shared the same political views.
He also guarded the laws of Daqian all year round and provided help for countless imperial examinations and military examinations. He was deeply respected by officials and loved by the people.
After Zhang Zheng became the prime minister, he followed the "Xiao rules and Cao Sui", implemented the reform measures of Qin Prime Minister to the end, and vigorously rectified all kinds of extravagant and unhealthy trends in Daqian officialdom.
For a time, the government and the public were clean and honest, and officials were honest.
The prosperous age of the Great Qian Dynasty once reached a new peak.
This is November of this year.
Emperor Zhao Purui of Daqian wanted to reorganize the direct army of Daqian.
For a time, many bad things such as over-staffed officials and empty pay in the army began to be dealt with one by one.
Promoted many young generals.
Following the example of the Zhenbei Army, the military merit system was re-established, the general merit was linked to the title, and an eighteen-level military merit system was established.
Prepare your troops and prepare for war.
Daqian's four frontier troops suddenly became as powerful as a rainbow.
The end of this year.
Princess Zhao Lingrui of Zhenbei was diagnosed by the palace doctor as being several months pregnant.
The following year, Zhenbei Princess Zhao Lingrui gave birth to the eldest son of Zhenbei King, Yan Zheng, and established him as the heir apparent.
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Time passes.
The thirty-fourth year of Qianyuan.
This year is a year of good harvest and peace for the people.
This year is also known as the most bloody year in the world.
This year was also recorded by countless later historians as "the year when the Daqian Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline."
Since the sudden death of Penglai Pavilion boss last year and the change of pavilion master in Donghai Penglai, there has been no peace in the world.
The Wulin Alliance declined.
Emei, Four Seasons Palace and other forces successively withdrew from the Wulin Alliance and established their own businesses.
The demonic sect disappeared and ceased to exist.
The Shadow Sect of the Western Regions continues to expand its influence on the Central Plains.
The most shocking thing is that the four major Jianghu sects, including Baihua Valley, Iron Blood Sect, Blood Spirit Sect, and Corpse Immortal Sect, were massacred one after another, and their blood flowed into rivers, and their involvement was widespread.
Among these four major sects, there are good and evil, but they all ended up in the same miserable situation.
Even back then, when the Wulin Alliance fought against the Demon Sect, and countless masters died mysteriously in Guangmingding, it was just a grudge between the members of the Demon Sect and the knights of the Wulin Alliance, and there was no longer such widespread killings.
Above the rivers and lakes, countless fears filled the air for a time.
The knights with good intentions investigated and found that the clues behind the collapse of these four major sects seemed to be vaguely related to King Zhenbei.
The terrifying reputation of the young King of Zhenbei spread more and more widely in the world, and became more and more popular.
Some knights even feel that there seems to be a huge conspiracy hidden in it...
Some knights also discovered through investigation that after the Xiyi Corpse Immortal Sect was destroyed, many methods of refining corpses and storing corpse soldiers within the sect fell into the hands of King Ping Xi's forces.
As for the destruction of the Baiyue Blood Spirit Sect, it seems that the influence of King Dingnan was involved.
The three vassal kings secretly colluded.
There are faint signs of surfacing.
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The thirty-fourth year of Qianyuan.
Mid October.
After nearly a year of military reform and retraining, Emperor Daqian had several large-scale elite armies in his hands.
Zhao Purui issued the "Tweening Order", intending to take action against San Francisco.
The Tie En Order, as its name suggests, requires the vassal king to distribute the fiefdom's army to each of his heirs, establish a separate portal, and break it into pieces, so that it can no longer resist the central dynasty.
There is no doubt that this move was the old emperor's preparation to take back the power he had given him from the hands of San Francisco.
The three vassal kings accepted this order.
However, there has been no clear response yet.
For a time, under the peaceful and prosperous times, undercurrents surged.
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Daqian Dynasty.
The thirty-fourth year of Qianyuan.
Late October.
Facing the mountain of government affairs, the old emperor Zhao Purui gradually felt exhausted and exhausted.
He gave Prince Zhao Lingfeng the task of supervising the country, and began to gradually delegate more of the power that he had firmly grasped to Prince Zhao Lingfeng and Prime Minister Zhang Zheng.
In early November of the same year.
The old emperor Zhao Purui suddenly fell seriously ill and fell into a coma less than a month after he had just issued a "favor order" to San Francisco.
The imperial doctors in the Jinling Palace conducted many rounds of consultations.
Every imperial doctor actually already has a rough result in mind.
But none of the imperial doctors dared to speak out, and they all declined by saying that "their medical skills were not good enough and they could not see the cause of the disease."
Finally, Yao Yingran, the medical sage from Yaowang Valley, was invited to come to Jinling in person.
Yao Yingran checked the old emperor's pulse three times and received thirty thousand taels of gold.
Then, Yao Yingran said——
"It's hopeless, just bury it."
At that moment, everyone present, including the Prince Zhao Lingfeng, who was known for his kindness and kindness, all turned pale for a moment.
Prince Yu Zhao Lingrui even wanted to personally kill this old man who took money for nothing and did not do practical things.
Prince Zhao Lingfeng stopped Prince Yu in time.
He slightly bowed his hand to the medical sage Yao Yingran and respectfully asked what the cause of His Majesty's illness was.
When Yao Yingran saw that the prince Zhao Lingfeng was so polite, he opened his mouth to explain -
"Your Majesty, you have been busy with government affairs for many years and have been overworked. Your life span has expired. There is no disease, and there is no medicine to save you."
"...His Majesty is over seventy years old, almost eighty years old, and he has come to the end of his life."
Even the medical sage of Yaowang Valley said there was no cure.
For a moment, silence enveloped the entire Yangxin Hall.
Prince Zhao Lingfeng was also speechless for a moment.
He recalled the life of his father, who was revered as the "Great Qian Sheng Emperor".
He ascended the throne through the "battle to seize the direct descendants" when he was over 10 years old, stabilized the imperial power, killed off the clan members, destroyed all the kingdoms, and unified the troubled times; drove out the Northern Hu, swallowed up the Eastern Yue, and subdued the four barbarians; used the family to settle down, and established the San Francisco Town Bian, under the control of the immortals, maintained the sanctity and majesty of the imperial power.
He cleverly maintained the delicate balance between the noble family and the feudal lord, and continuously deepened the power of the imperial power.
When the immortals go beyond the rules and try to control the mortal world, use human power to kill the immortals.
Now, the immortal has fallen, the family has no leader, and the three vassals are about to be completely destroyed by the "Tweening Order".
"...My father spent his whole life and made political achievements that several generations of wise kings may not be able to make."
Prince Zhao Lingfeng said so definitely.
On this day, the whole territory of Daqian began to prepare plain clothes, soul flags, paper money...
The old emperor Zhao Purui was already breathless, and the "Ten Thousand Years Ginseng Soup" carefully cooked by the imperial doctor every day was holding his last breath.
It seems that everyone is waiting for the last breath to be taken, the new emperor to ascend the throne, and the world to be amnesty.
Promising courtiers are working day and night with the Prince Zhao Lingfeng.
Nowadays, apart from the upcoming national mourning, there is another more important thing——
Beware of the San Francisco Rebellion!
In today's world, since the death of Prime Minister Qin Shuzheng and former Zhenbei King Yan Dong, the majesty and appeal of the old emperor Zhao Purui in Daqian territory have been unparalleled by anyone.
Even the current three vassal kings can only maintain absolute deterrence within their own borders.
The young King of Zhenbei still has some reputation in the world of martial arts and Daqian, but he is not something to be feared.
but……
If the old emperor dies and a new emperor, Prince Zhao Lingfeng, ascends the throne, it is inevitable that Daqian's imperial authority will not be as intimidating as before.
Except for King Beidi Zhenbei, who has not made a clear stance on the "Tweening Order" for the time being, the other two vassal kings can be said to hate it deeply and do not hide it at all.
If it were a turbulent time when the old and the new were changing, it would be inevitable that San Francisco would not take risks.
By then, I'm afraid there will be another great chaos in the world.
This is the moment when Zhao Lingfeng and his staff are most vigilant...
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Prime Minister Zhang Zheng also had frequent private contacts with Prince Zhao Lingfeng at this time.
He expressed to Zhao Lingfeng——
"At this moment, in addition to the enemies outside Jinling such as San Francisco and Northern Xinjiang, we must also beware of the enemies inside Jinling, like... Prince Yu."
"Over the years, King Yu has been in Jinling. Although he is not as influential as the Crown Prince, he still has a huge influence. Moreover, the relationship between King Yu and the three vassal kings, especially King Zhenbei, is far better than that of the Crown Prince. better."
"No one can say whether San Francisco will secretly join forces with Prince Yu to disrupt the world."
Prime Minister Zhang Zheng said.
He originally disdained the use of these machinations and tricks, but...
For this hard-won peace and prosperity.
For the sake of justice in this world.
He ventured to suggest——
"Your Highness, can you consider controlling King Yu first to prevent him from coming into contact with outsiders?"
Zhao Lingfeng, the Crown Prince of the Supervisory State, was somewhat silent when he heard this.
After a long time, he slowly said——
"Ignore the corpse and attack each other with armor on?"
"My father is dying now, but Prime Minister Zhang persuades me to put his brother under house arrest?!"
Facing Zhao Lingfeng's rhetorical question, Zhang Zheng was a little embarrassed, "This is... for the stability of the world."
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, Lao Jiu also knows the basics, and he won't go astray like Lao Fourteen."
"But, what if?"
"There is no such thing as a chance." Zhao Lingfeng denied directly.
"... Prime Minister Zhang should spend more energy on government affairs. He has accumulated a lot of government affairs these days."
Zhang Zheng was also speechless for a moment.
In his heart, he thought that he was already stubborn enough and would not change.
But he didn't expect that His Highness the Crown Prince would be so inflexible.
However, this is Daqian's good fortune.
Zhang Zheng saw in Prince Zhao Lingfeng a quality that other princes and even the Holy One lacked - benevolence and virtue.
Maybe...no, it's definitely.
His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, will definitely be a wise king.
Prime Minister Zhang Zheng thought in his mind and left the Prince's East Palace.
Afterwards, the "boss" dressed in secret door clothes came in and reported in a low voice——
"Your Highness, everything is normal in Prince Yu's Mansion."
"...During this period, His Royal Highness Prince Yu was often with Princess Yu, Gao Shan, and he did not do anything that exceeded the rules."
Prince Zhao Lingfeng nodded slightly.
The "boss" of the secret door immediately bowed and resigned.
The greatest capital of the Honored King Zhao Lingrui in the past was only the support from the Jinling Family.
But now, the Jinling family has declined, and the newly replaced court officials are mostly scholars from poor families and aristocratic families from other places, and most of them are headed by Zhang Zheng and Zhao Lingfeng.
King Yu is no longer the glorious and powerful King he once was.
What's more, Zhao Lingfeng still has a secret door in his hand that can control every plant and tree in Jinling.
Zhang Zheng has no idea how strong Zhao Lingfeng really is.
Prince Zhao Lingfeng is even more familiar with the ways of an emperor.
Kindness is necessary.
However, strength is also indispensable.
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Northland.
Zhenbei Palace.
The moment when Zhao Purui was seriously ill and fainted.
The celestial phenomena changed - the Ziwei star, which symbolizes the aura of the emperor, began to move northward.
Zhang, the head of the Star Palace, came to the inner hall of the palace late that night and personally met with King Zhenbei to inform him of the matter.
"The Purple Star is the emperor star, symbolizing the aura of the emperor. Its sudden northward movement also symbolizes that the emperor's position will be moving north instead of Jinling in the south."
Zhang was wearing the uniform of Azure Star Palace. She looked at King Zhenbei and said——
"Your Majesty, the sign of the Great Qianlong Qi that you have been waiting for will appear soon."
King Zhenbei stood up, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
"Ziwei Star is moving north, so is it moving to the north? Or is it moving to the northern border?"
"It must be the Northland!"
Zhang confirmed, "Your Majesty, you are destined to be an emperor! You are destined to be the overlord of the world!"
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Northern Xinjiang.
Baikal city.
"Ziwei Star is moving north, so is it moving to the north? Or is it moving to the northern border?"
The Empress Dowager Wanyan Lingxu, who was discussing the affairs, asked the same words as the King of Zhenbei.
"It must be Northern Xinjiang!"
A fortune teller from Northern Xinjiang answered so definitely.
"...When the Queen Mother was born, the sky was bright for thirteen days! Queen Mother, you are the reincarnation of the goddess of war. You are destined to lead us south to the Central Plains and dominate the world!"
When Wanyan Lingxu heard the sound, his face seemed to be smiling unpredictably.
The beaded curtain of the Queen Mother's crown swayed slightly, and her fingers tapped on the wide armrest.
Finally, Wanyan Lingxu looked at the people in the hall and said in a low but powerful voice——
"Regulate the army and prepare for war."
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Northland.
early morning.
The main hall of Yanbei Palace.
The secret guard news that the old emperor Zhao Purui was seriously ill and the urging imperial edict of "Tweening the Grace Order" arrived at the same time.
Yan Wulu wore the crown of the King of Zhenbei on his head, and the small and exquisite Nine-stringed Orbs hung down in front of him to form a curtain.
His expression was cold and severe.
The python suit with black background and gold pattern makes it look unattainable.
The extremely powerful aura made people crawl to the ground.
Under the throne.
Military commanders and civil servants were arranged on both sides.
They were extremely far away from Zhenbei King Yan Wulu, and some of those behind him couldn't even see Yan Wulu's figure and face clearly.
Most of them lowered their heads and did not dare to look up at the throne.
But even so, the powerful pressure emanating from the throne still makes people afraid to breathe.
King Zhenbei's fingers moved slightly.
The blue-gold inner force actually condensed into a substantial dragon shape in his hands.
He calmly said——
"Everyone, if you have anything to say, just say it."