Chapter 57 The Chu Family Is Troubled by Internal and External Troubles

Mu Changtian was assassinated during his exile, and before he died, he used the Blood Burning Method to drag three masters to his death. The news quickly spread throughout Daxia.

With the death of Mu Changtian, Emperor Xia completely controlled the military power of Daxia and had millions of soldiers in his hands.

Moreover, all the generals of these armies were promoted by Emperor Xia, and most of these generals were loyal to Emperor Xia.

Emperor Xia had so many soldiers in his hands all of a sudden, what did he want to do? What would he do? The major families in Daxia were not fools.

For a time, the number of caravans in Daxia increased sharply, especially in the territories of the major vassal kings, where the number of caravans doubled.

Of course, except for Beijun.

The caravan was just a cover for the family. It was what the family did to use the caravan to travel around and collude with various forces.

Emperor Xia had even sharpened his knife, and it was impossible for those families to have no movement at all.

The ideas of the major families were the same. Since Emperor Xia was not honest and obedient, then change an emperor.

It is not that there were no emperors who tried to eliminate the aristocratic families in the past dynasties.

Some emperors used the imperial examination to weaken the foundation of the aristocratic families, some emperors restricted the aristocratic families in terms of land, and some emperors suppressed the aristocratic families in terms of business.

However, the effects of those methods are still limited.

Emperor Xia eliminated the two kings and completely controlled the military power of Daxia. It is obvious that he has lost patience with the aristocratic families. He wants to use physical methods to directly eliminate the existing aristocratic families.

Emperor Xia's actions were too fast and too purposeful, so he naturally attracted the attention of the major aristocratic families, especially the aristocratic families in Jiangnan.

Since Chu Yue died of unknown reasons, Chu Xiong has been guarding against the capital for these years and sent many spies to the capital. He knows any movement in the capital.

After learning that Mu Changtian was dead and the military power was in the hands of Emperor Xia, Chu Xiong has been unable to sleep well these days. He always feels that the Chu family is in great trouble.

Chu family, yard.

Chu Xiong sat in the pavilion, looking at the intelligence from the capital, with a worried look on his face.

At this time, two white-haired old men came to the pavilion, and one of them said, "Brother, you have also seen the actions of Emperor Xia. Shouldn't our Chu family also be prepared?"

Hearing the words of his second brother Chu Liang, Chu Xiong was silent for a moment, and then said, "I have sent someone to contact King Qi, and I believe there will be results soon."

Hearing this, Chu Liang said dissatisfiedly, "Brother, what's the use of King Qi? He is just a drunkard. Do you still expect him to rebel?"

Chu Xiong's idea is to use the vassal kings to restrict Emperor Xia, forcing Emperor Xia to give up taking action against the noble families, or to incite the vassal kings to rebel, so that Emperor Xia has no energy to deal with the noble families. Of course, if there is a vassal king who can defeat Emperor Xia, it would be even better.

King Qi is the vassal king who is most dissatisfied with Emperor Xia. Since Emperor Xia ascended the throne, he has targeted King Qi many times, so the first person Chu Xiong chose to incite rebellion is King Qi.

But obviously, the second brother Chu Liang has his own ideas. Chu Liang said at this time: "If it were up to me, we should just find someone to assassinate Emperor Xia. If he dies, all problems will be solved."

The third brother Chu Song asked at this time: "If Emperor Xia dies, who should we support to take the throne?"

Chu Liang said as a matter of course: "Is there any need to think about it? Of course, we support the Eighth Prince! If you don't support the Eighth Prince, do you want to support that waste who spends all day in Beijun?"

"Besides, the Eighth Prince's mother is from the Wang family, a Jiangnan family. He can't be as whimsical as his father and want to attack us, the aristocratic families, and we The Chu family happens to have a good relationship with the Wang family. "

"After the eighth prince ascends the throne, we will send some girls from the family to him. If the girls of the Chu family can have the eighth prince's offspring as soon as possible, it is not impossible to compete for the position of queen."

After listening to Chu Liang's words, Chu Song said: "Second brother, why do I feel that the ninth prince is better? If he indulges in pleasure in the palace, wouldn't it be easier for us to control him? Moreover, he will make whoever we want him to make queen. "

Chu Liang snorted coldly and said: "Do you think I haven't thought about this? He is a useless waste. When the time comes, we will... If we choose him, do you think he can balance the interests of the major families? Moreover, the resistance in the court will be greater, and those ministers will not agree. Any of the princes is qualified, but he is not qualified. "

"Don't forget, he is Chu Yue's child, and his relationship with Xuan Yue Palace is special. If he really gets to the top, will it be our turn to control him?"

Chu Song said: "Second brother, what you said makes sense."

At this time, Chu Xiong said with a dark face: "Second brother, what you said is too much. No matter what, Chu Yue is my daughter. No matter how we arrange the relationship, she is my daughter first, and then the goddess of Xuan Yue Palace. How can her son be... Not qualified to sit in that position? "

"In addition, you don't really think that Emperor Xia is so easy to assassinate, right? Isn't it too early to discuss who will ascend the throne now? "

"Emperor Xia has a grandmaster by his side, and besides Situ Ce, we don't know if there are other grandmasters secretly protecting him. It's probably harder to assassinate him than to ascend to heaven. "

"Chu Liang said sarcastically: "Brother, I think you are old and your brain is not flexible. "

"Why do you think I said I support the eighth prince just now? The eighth prince is now in the capital, and he can fully assist us in completing the plan to assassinate Emperor Xia. "

Chu Xiong frowned and said immediately: "No, we absolutely cannot assassinate Emperor Xia now. If the assassination fails, Emperor Xia will definitely use this as an excuse to attack the noble family immediately."

"We are not sufficiently prepared to take this risk."

Now everyone in the court knew that Emperor Xia was going to take action against the aristocratic family, and the aristocratic family also knew that Emperor Xia was going to take action against the aristocratic family, but even if Emperor Xia wanted to eradicate the aristocratic family, he still needed a legitimate reason.

Originally, Emperor Xia had not found a suitable excuse yet, but at this time, the family sent people to assassinate Emperor Xia. Wouldn't that just give Emperor Xia a reason.

Seeing that Chu Xiong was afraid of this and that, Chu Liang snorted coldly and said: "Brother, your courage is really getting weaker and weaker. Emperor Xia's butcher knife is about to fall, and you are still worried about this and that."

"I think you have to wait for the day when Emperor Xia's million-strong army arrives in Sufeng City, then you will be happy."

Having said this, Chu Liang turned around and left.

Seeing Chu Liang leaving, Chu Song hurriedly followed him, "Second brother, second brother, if you have anything to say, please speak up. The eldest brother is also thinking about the family, so don't be angry."

Seeing the two of them singing together, Chu Xiong's expression turned ugly.

He was not a fool, how could he not know what Chu Liang and Chu Song were thinking.

Chu Song seemed to be talking to the Ninth Prince just now, but in fact he was talking to Chu Liang.

Several of Chu Song's sons married girls from the Wang family, and even the concubines he took were from the Wang family. There was no need to think too much about his position.

Needless to say, it goes without saying that Chu Liang coveted the position of the head of the family for more than a day or two.

Now that the Chu family has fallen into internal and external troubles, Chu Xiong feels even more tired when he thinks that his son is so unsatisfactory and thinks about women every day.

Chu Xiong rubbed his forehead, and then said to the woman behind him who had no sense of existence: "Qingli, your sister is in Beijun, you should also go to Beijun. If the Chu family really suffers a disaster one day, you There’s no need to come back.”

Upon hearing this, the woman in a green dress behind him said, "Yes, the head of the family."

The woman's voice was cold, without any emotion, as if she were a complete killing tool.