Chapter 192 You Will Soon Hear the News of the Sudden Death of the Northern King

Chapter 192 You will soon hear the news of the sudden death of the Northern King

Early morning.

Xuanzheng Hall.

The officials came here early today. As soon as they arrived at Xuanzheng Hall, they discussed the reform of Beijun and 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. No matter how strong Dawu's military strength is, it is impossible to fight to the capital in a short time.

The reform of Beijun is different. The land issue is closely related to each of them. Although the Northern King is only carrying out reforms in the fiefdom and it seems that it has no impact on them, the Northern King's thoughts make them feel very dangerous.

This kind of thought must not appear in Daxia. Once this kind of thought spreads, the interests of each of them will be affected in the future. They will not allow Emperor Xia to have such an idea, so they must nip this idea in the bud.

Seeing the officials in the hall discussing the reform of Beijun in full swing, Lin Gaoyuan felt a little complicated.

He decided to side with the King of the North and support him in the future, but the King of the North made such a big fuss in Beijun.

Legislation stipulates that the ownership of the fiefdom belongs to the prince. The King of the North dared to do such a thing. Is there no official or counselor around the King of the North to stop him?

The King of the North is really too bold.

Lin Gaoyuan's heart has even begun to waver.

He doubted whether the King of the North could survive the next year.

Even if Emperor Xia did not punish the King of the North, those noble families and the scholar-official class would secretly send people to assassinate the King of the North.

When 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 would become a great man in the future.

As a result, he did not expect the King of the North to be so reckless.

I don't know whether the heavy cavalry of Beijun has really been destroyed. It seems that I must ask about the situation of Beijun when my son comes back.

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

"Your Majesty is here!"

Hearing this, the hall, which was just like a vegetable market, suddenly became quiet.

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

After sitting on the dragon throne, he said lightly: "What were you discussing just now? The discussion was so intense. Could it be that there has been a major change in the war on the front line that I don't know about?"

Seeing that Emperor Xia pretended to be confused, a censor from a noble family could no longer bear it and stood up and said directly: "Your Majesty, I impeach the King of the North for being lawless, disrespectful of etiquette, oppressing the people, and doing whatever he wants in his fiefdom. I suggest abolishing the title of the King of the North and sending people to capture him and punish him in the capital.

Hearing this, Emperor Xia showed a confused expression, and then said: "King of the North? Weren't you discussing the war on the front line just now? Why are you discussing the King of the North again? Did the King of the North do something that I don't know about, and there are actually ministers who impeach him? ”

Seeing that Emperor Xia pretended to be completely unaware, the ministers in the hall were startled. Could it be that the things that King Bei did in Beijun were really instructed by Emperor Xia?

Could it be that Emperor Xia was going to legislate to take back the ownership of the land?

At this moment, Zhao Wenhan stood up, "Your Majesty, I heard that King Bei was carrying out reforms in Beijun and was going to legislate that the ownership of all the land in Beijun belonged to him alone, and no one could buy and sell it at will. The King Bei's blatant robbery would seriously endanger the Great Xia country, so I think that King Bei should be stopped from continuing the reform immediately, otherwise Great Xia would be in danger. ”

Emperor Xia frowned, and then said: "Lord Zhao is really well-informed. He knew things that I didn't know. ”

"But then again, it seems that a vassal king carrying out reforms and establishing laws in his own fiefdom has nothing to do with the court. ”

"If the court arbitrarily interferes in the affairs of the vassal kings' fiefdoms, it may cause dissatisfaction among the vassal kings. "

Zhao Wenhan said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, the reforms of the King of the North have aroused public indignation. Now the people in the streets are discussing the affairs of the North County, and not many people are paying attention to the war on the front line. "

"If the reforms of the King of the North are not stopped and the King of the North is not punished, I am afraid that the people will think that it was your Majesty who asked the King of the North to do so. It is even possible that your Majesty will legislate to take back all the land in Daxia in the future. "

"Now the war on the front line is tight. If the soldiers know that the land they have gained through military merit may be taken back, they will not have the heart to fight for Daxia and for your Majesty. "

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

At this point, Zhao Wenhan knelt down directly.

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

Seeing that more than half of the officials in the court had knelt down, Emperor Xia had no emotion in his heart. He had expected that the court would be like this yesterday.

In fact, what these ministers feared most was that they would take back the ownership of the land. Zhao Wenhan's words just now were to test him and remind him not to have such thoughts, otherwise his reign as emperor would be over.

At this time, Emperor Xia said lightly: "If it is true as you said, the King of the North has legislated in Beijun to take back the ownership of the land, then he has indeed gone a little too far."

"Although the land I rewarded him should have been his, if all the land is taken back, how will the people live?

"Well, you really should be punished!"

Having said this, Emperor Xia's eyes fell on Lin Gaoyuan.

Emperor Xia asked: "Lin Aiqing, how do you think King Bei should be punished? Should he take away his throne, or what should 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 officials of the entire dynasty.

After Lin Gaoyuan thought for a while, he finally said: "Bei Wang is a fisherman, and he doesn't live and die for the common people. He should naturally be punished, but..."

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

"Although I heard that Beijun's heavy cavalry has been destroyed, we can't forget that King Beijun led Beijun soldiers to destroy the tribe of King Tianlang. This is enough to show that Beijun has strong military virtue."

"Even without the heavy cavalry, the King of the North can still quickly recruit a group of soldiers with extremely strong combat effectiveness. Once the King of the North rebels, Daxia will be trapped in a flanking attack."

Lin Gaoyuan hadn't finished speaking, and when he was about to continue speaking, Emperor Xia interrupted him.

"What Lin Aiqing said makes sense. The war ahead is not over yet. It would be extremely unwise to abolish the title of a vassal king at this time."

"However, we cannot completely avoid punishment. I should give an explanation to the people of Daxia. If this is the case, then all the soldiers who were supported by the imperial court to support Beijun will be transferred back and will no longer help Beijun guard Tianguang City."

"From today on, the imperial court will no longer support Beijun. Even if the barbarians move south, Beijun 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 King Bei.

But having said that, the Northern King's choice during the reform period was really good. Now is the war period. Considering the overall situation, the court cannot just depose a vassal king.

If the Northern King is forced to rebel at that time, whoever takes the lead in saying that he wants to abolish the Northern King will take the blame.

At this time, Emperor Xia said: "Okay, all my dear friends, please get up. I understand what you are worried about."

"But you can rest assured that this is all Xiaojiu's messing around in Beijun and has nothing to do with me. It is impossible for me to legislate to take back all the land in the world."

"Although the Great Xia Dynasty was conquered by Taizu, and nominally all the land in the Great Xia Dynasty belongs to the royal family and to me, but I have already rewarded these lands, so how can I take them back."

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

Zhao Wenhan felt that there was no use in continuing to kneel, so he stood up. After Zhao Wenhan stood up, other officials in the court also stood up one after another.

At this time, Zhao Wenhan said: "What Xiang Lin and His Majesty said is reasonable. I was too reckless and did not think about the harm that deposing the vassal king might bring to Daxia at this time."

Seeing that Zhao Wenhan did not persist, 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 that King Bei escaped like this.

If the two dynasties were not still at war, King Bei's behavior would definitely be severely punished. His thoughts were too dangerous, and no minister in the court would allow him to have such thoughts.

Even if King Bei's actions might have been instigated by Emperor Xia, it still wouldn't work.

At this moment, the voice of Hong Ling's messenger came from outside the hall.

"Urgent report from Wuxi County! Dawu has assembled a million troops and launched a full-scale attack!"

After hearing the words of Hong Ling's messenger, the ministers had no choice but to turn the topic to the battle on the front line, and then they began to discuss how to deal with Dawu's all-out attack.

At this time, Chu Qinwu, Minister of War, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, we have already sent envoys to Dawu to express our thoughts on peace talks, but Dawu still mobilized an army to attack Xiwu County. This proves that in Dawu's view, Daxia's strength is It has weakened significantly, so the idea of ​​peace talks was raised.”

"I believe that if we want to negotiate peace, we must first repel Dawu's attack and counterattack to a certain extent. Only in this way can Dawu be deterred and let Dawu know that Daxia is not weak and can be bullied."

"In order to boost the morale of the soldiers on the front line, I suggest that the Eighth Prince take command and lead the three armies to counterattack Dawu."

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

He had basically guessed what the Jiangnan family wanted, which was to let the eighth prince achieve military merit and then pave the way for him to become the prince.

However, since he had already planned to compromise, he had no choice but to comply with their wishes. As for commanding the three armies, that was definitely impossible.

Emperor Xia then said: "Although the King of Qi is capable of civil and military skills, he has no experience in commanding a large army. He can be allowed to go to the front lines to encourage the soldiers, but he is not allowed to interfere with the decisions of the front line commanders at will."

What Emperor Xia valued most was military power. How could he hand it over to others casually? If the Eighth Prince was really allowed to command the three armies, it would be easy to hand over military power, but not so easy to take it back.

Hearing Emperor Xia's words, the eighth prince immediately stood up and said, "Thank you, father, for giving me this opportunity!"

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

Eight princes can go to the front line, so they are naturally qualified. Then all the princes stood up and asked Emperor Xia to allow them to go to the front line to fight Dawu.

However, Emperor Xia did not agree. The war was likely to end, and Emperor Xia would not let other princes go to the front line to make trouble.

Emperor Xia gave the eighth prince a chance to convey goodwill to the Jiangnan family. How could he let other princes run to the front line to mess up.

After that, the court was a quarrel between various factions. Originally, they wanted to make trouble for the King of the North today, but now all the ministers have shifted their attention to the war on the front line.

This is basically the same as what Lu Chen expected. Even if the ministers of the court knew about the reforms he had made in Beijun, because of the war between Dawu and Daxia, the court could not spare any extra energy to make trouble for him.

Moreover, the court did not dare to make trouble for a vassal king at this time. The foreign enemies have not been repelled yet. If civil strife is provoked at this time, Daxia will become more dangerous.

Of course, this made the ministers of the court very uncomfortable. Now they couldn't touch the King of the North, and there was no way to stop him from carrying out reforms in his fiefdom. Could they just watch him mess around in Beijun?

This is definitely not possible.

Since the measures on land reform in Beijun were ostensibly proposed by the King of the North, then the King of the North, the one who proposed it, should be dealt with. In this way, the reform in Beijun would naturally stop.

At the same time.

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

The middle-aged man was full of strong muscles, each of which looked very clear. There was also a long scar on his face. He looked ferocious and was obviously a warrior.

After hearing what Wang Yong said, the middle-aged man laughed loudly, 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 caused these things now!"

"Humph, the Blood Moon Tower is really a waste, and it actually fell into the hands of the King of the North!"

Wang Yong smiled and said: "Master Su is right, then this matter will trouble you Lingwu Pavilion. After the matter is done, five million taels of silver will be presented."

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

"Except for the one in the palace, no one in our Lingwu Pavilion can protect the person we want to kill, not even the Grand Master."

Seeing Su Teng so confident, Wang Yong felt relieved.

Lingwu Pavilion is not a professional killer organization, but the dirty work they do is not much less than that of professional killer organizations such as the Blood Moon Tower.

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