This time Lu Qi took Zheng Zetian all the way to Changsi City, the capital of Li Kingdom.

Changsi City is still the same Changsi City, with many deep palaces and a gloomy atmosphere. Although millions of people have moved away, the capital of a country will never lack the firewood that hopes to get ahead, and they will voluntarily join the furnace. As the north

The war drove more and more people out of the Central Plains, and the well-dressed nobles who traveled south from the Central Plains also arrived in Liguo.

In this world, not everyone will ever be willing to embrace change and evolution.

Although there are a few enlightened talents who are born into noble families and are willing to go south to see the appearance of Lou Guan City and the roads of Moshan. But in most cases, those noble sons and nobles who have served for generations will be willing to go south as soon as they arrive in Changsi City.

, seeing the appearance of the old Wangji, they also longed for the city, longed for the imperial capital, and mourned the appearance of Sanyuan. It was difficult to leave their homeland, and they refused to take another step southward.

Xuanmen just came to study with a few people, but these old members of the Immortal Palace moved south, but they came one family at a time. There were thousands of people who landed on a flying island. There were countless cars, ships, cattle and horses following along, and many families owned

They were blocked on the northern border and were not allowed to pass through.

Although the Immortal Palace has perished, the system that has existed for thousands of years is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It is said that everyone is a high-ranking official, and every family is a Suwei army. But in real terms, my family is still the ancestor of your family. It has made Liguo a local

The bureaucrats and gentry are also disgraced. They only dare to bully and bully the common people. How can they dare to offend these self-armed Central Plains clansmen?

Fortunately, the leader of Louguan Taoist Temple also held the title of Duke of the imperial court, former general, and Lizhou pastor, so he could barely suppress these foreign clans. But it was just a shock.

After all, people moved here to find a way to survive, not to rebel. If you leave the country and accept the common people and refugees, you can't just drive away the nobles when they come.

Therefore, Mozhushan's countermeasure is simple, just move here. However, the official titles and edicts of Sanyuan in the old Immortal Palace are useless. There are not so many land and official titles for you in Liguo, so if you come in, you will be in Liguo.

All official titles are counted as white bodies.

Of course, these people from the Old Immortal Palace cannot accept the change from an official body to a white body, but they also know that they cannot easily integrate into the sect organization of Mozhu Mountain, but this restriction is not a problem for the sect.

In order to obtain some privileges and preserve their families, some people went to Mozhu Mountain to study, some married into local cultivating families, and some settled for the next best thing and chose to join the Liguo court.

Because the Liguo system has always been there, when Lou Guandao was short of manpower and weak, it was through cooperation with the imperial court that he could secure his position as the leader of the Sanxian and gather the first pot of gold of the sect. Now Mo

Although Zhushan is growing, it is still unrealistic to kick out the tens of millions of people managed by the Liguo court. Therefore, the protagonist also acquiesces to the officialdom of the family, and also chooses some big families to cooperate, appointing subordinates of the former general, also to win over

Population and resources of the North.

As a result, in recent years, a large number of people from the north came to participate in the imperial examinations of Li State, or were recommended to join the world based on their connections. Even if these people did not practice, they were nobles who passed down the classics. Their level of writing, writing, poetry and poetry was higher than that of those in the mountains of Li State.

The country bumpkin is so strong that I don't know where he is. It's easy to pass the imperial examination. It doesn't matter if he fails in the examination. He just sends a servant to guard under the examination. The same is true for the poor scholar who passes the examination and takes him back and marries him a daughter.

As the northern nobles moved south one after another, the worst offenders were the noble landowners in Liguo. Most of these people themselves were country bumpkins who made their fortune by suppressing the Black Lotus Sect. Now that the armor masters in Mozhu Mountain are growing stronger, they

It is no longer useful. It was bankrupted by the eunuchs a few years ago. Now it is facing competition from northerners. The pressure in the workplace can be described as cruel.

So the Forbidden Army rebelled a few days ago.

"During the court meeting at the Zichen Palace, General Jinwu reported that nectar fell from the pomegranate trees in the Jinwuzhan courtyard of the imperial guard's left army camp at night. It was an auspicious sign from heaven, and it was close to the palace. The king should go and see it in person. So the king got up and came to

In Hanyuan Hall, he ordered Qiu Liang, the commander of the left and right guards, and other great eunuchs to lead all the eunuchs to take a step to inspect the auspiciousness.

When Qiu Liang and others arrived at Jinwu Battle Courtyard, they ambush and attacked. Dozens of Jinwu guards and officials from Jingzhao Mansion, and about 500 people from Yushitai came to the palace to attack. The eunuchs retreated to Hanyuan Palace, with dozens of people killed and injured. However,

Qiu Liang had many masters under his command, and he used the monarch's weak opinion as a barrier. Finally, he retreated into the Xuanzheng Gate and closed the palace gates. After the defeat, the courtiers dispersed in fright. The eunuch dispatched 500 forbidden soldiers to enter the cabinet with swords and killed 600 to 700 people.

He also locked the palace gates and searched and killed thousands of people before stopping."

Lu Qi took Zheng Zetian to a yard with pomegranate trees. The nearby troops had been cleared out, and there were soldiers with armor and bows guarding them from afar. However, Lu Qi had a high status and showed his jade.

Wearing the hairtail suit, no one dared to stop him even when he entered the palace.

"Qian Jiaoxi died here at that time. I recognized him, and I didn't want his body to be used by someone to spread rumors about the civil strife in Mozhu Mountain, so I hid it. Now I can't tell clearly."

Zheng Zetian looked at the pomegranate tree and asked, "Where is the nectar?"

Lu Qi laughed and said, "Where did the nectar come from? I just found a reason to do it. Hehe, it was quite dangerous at the time. If I had been a step later, all those eunuchs would have died."

Zheng Zetian looked at the bloodstains nearby. The courtyard had been leveled, there were scars on the walls, and there were pieces of meat that couldn't be pulled out. There was internal fighting between the north and the south of Mozhu Mountain. It was said that they didn't like each other, and now they were from the same sect.

The brothers were fighting in the palace. It seemed that the fight was a bit fierce.

"Why did Qian Jiaoxi assassinate the eunuch?"

"What other reason is needed to kill eunuchs? Eunuchs just deserve to die."

Lu Qi chuckled and walked around the ruins of the palace that had not yet been cleaned.

"But I don't think Qian is so hot-headed that he came to assassinate the eunuch in the palace. This is probably an action planned by their southern faction. After all, the court has been unable to make ends meet recently and really wants to implement tax reform, and the eunuchs also want to follow suit.

Like Mozhushan, if you set up a bank to issue treasure notes, or at least buy more bonds from Mozhushan in the name of the court, the financial groups in the south are probably not very willing to give up the distribution of financial rights."

The imperial court...

Zheng Zetian took out the company's jade pendant and first checked the situation of the local Liguo court and clan. He found that the tycoon was really amazing. He actually appointed three nephews to rule the country on his behalf. How could he do this?

The king belongs to your family.

As for the leader of the Li Kingdom whom Ju Zi favored, he has actually been replaced by another one.

King Jing, who initially succeeded to the throne based on his age, was an "irregular" fool. In fact, this guy didn't engage in any tyranny. In other words, he didn't even bother to go to court, let alone seize power with Mo Zhushan, so he had to act honestly.

Puppet, play with yourself.

But the problem with this guy is that he likes to play too much. Every day during the day, he holds a grand sports event in the palace, including polo, wrestling, fighting, acrobatics, and both the imperial army and the palace people participate. In the middle of the night, he has to 'hunt wild foxes', which is to let the concubines

They stripped naked, put on fur wigs, and pretended to be prey. He took paper arrows wrapped in musk to hunt, and used this "romantic scented arrow" to shoot the prey of the palace concubine. Then he looked for the smell, chased it all the way to the palace, and enjoyed it.

Hunting prey.

Such a carnival and enjoyment every day, even toiling until the middle of the night. Such unscrupulous entertainment and drinking, without knowing restraint, even if there is an elixir, it can't be sustained. As expected, I played myself to death, and within a few years, I suddenly fell ill and died suddenly for no apparent reason.

Since King Jing died too early and left no adult heirs, the second King Jiang was chosen in order to succeed him, who is now the leader of Li Kingdom.

The ruler of the country was much better. He was frugal, elegant, and well-read. After he succeeded to the throne, he worked hard for governance, abolished palace maids, released five eagles and dogs, and eliminated redundant personnel. In recent years, he cooperated with Mo Zhushan to stabilize the country.

.This may be because after he succeeded to the throne, he saw that Sanyuan was destroyed by the divine religion, the world was in chaos, and the scenery of Li country was unique, and he gradually developed the idea of ​​​​going one step further and restoring the immortal palace.

In short, when the leader of the country was in office, Liguo was generally very cooperative with Mozhushan's actions. Over the past few years, the outside world has been a mess, but Liguo has been able to maintain general stability. The leader of the country did not mess up and still asked questions diligently.

In politics, he also has some merit.

Of course, no one in this world is willing to be a puppet forever.

The company's intelligence network has also gathered that the ruler is diligent in his work and is trying to take advantage of the current chaotic situation to gather his own power. For example, he actively woos the nobles from the north who have moved south, appoints and removes people from the north as officials, and cultivates his cronies.

The power of the local old noble group has squeezed the space, which may be the direct cause of this mutiny to some extent.

However, the eunuchs could not give up. Since the mutiny a few days ago, Eunuch Qiu and his party were almost killed, so they began to suspect the emperor's intention of asking their eunuchs to inspect Xiangrui first, and even more suspicious of the rebels who did not dare to hurt the emperor Chengyu.

The reason is that I have lost trust in the king.

Although we can't explicitly say regicide, this king has been in the position for a long time and has become unruly, so it might as well be replaced by another one. After all, the prince has kissed three of the king's nephews.

So soon there was news that the king was frightened by the sword and became depressed and sick, unable to get out of bed.

Now the lord of the country lives deep in the Liqiu Palace, and all internal and external affairs are handled by Eunuch Qiu. Moreover, the latter has also deposed the crown prince of the East Palace, and has found Prince Ying Li Han, whom the tycoon had favored at the time, as the lord's younger brother, and will accompany him to meet him.

When all the officials were dealing with military and state affairs, they seemed to want to support Li Qiu Palace to change its master. The king of the country was helpless, and no one among the ministers dared to object.

"Senior Brother Lu, do you think that this assassination of Qiu Liang was planned by the Southern Faction?"

Zheng Zetian shook his head,

"I don't think it's very likely. In the name of auspiciousness, a hasty assassination was launched. Dozens of eunuchs couldn't be killed. Several hundred forbidden troops arrived and were put down. Such an inexplicable attack was to assassinate the great eunuch who was in charge of the forbidden troops in the inner palace.

, it’s too much of a child’s play.

If we must say that someone planned it, the current king has been in office for ten years. He has been diligent in governing the country and has made no major mistakes. His prestige is growing and he is quite popular among the people. Moreover, he already has the crown prince of the East Palace. If he continues to leave the country, he will be in his lineage.

According to inheritance, Mozhu Mountain will not cause too many troubles.

But now that there is such a commotion, the one who stands to gain the most from the whole thing is Prince Ying."

"Prince Ying." Lu Qi nodded, noncommittal, "He has lent me a lot of money recently."

"So senior brother doesn't object to his succession, right?"

Zheng Zetian looked at the intelligence collected by the company, and he actually said this with the answer in mind.

This King Ying is not an ordinary person. His intelligence company has collected the most of the three princes’ nephews whom the giant has favored.

First of all, this man has the highest level of cultivation among the kings of the Li Kingdom. He has already reached the Nascent Soul realm and is diligent in practicing Taoism. Around him, Taoist Zhao Guizhen and other eighty-one people entered the ban to build golden urns in the three halls.

The dojo cannot be considered as an ordinary mortal king.

At the same time, this person liked hunting and feasting since he was a child, but he did not "hunt wild foxes" like his brothers. Instead, he went to the border continent to hunt with the border soldiers. In addition, this person's grandmother was from the Guo family, and his mother was from the Wei family.

He was assisted by his nephew and uncle who were from a well-known local powerful vassal family in Liguo and were well acquainted in the military. In other words, this boy was a vassal king with a rather complicated background, a lot of real power and ambition.

In these years, the king of the country has been watched before and after, but the vassal king can freely enter and leave Wangjing. On the pretext of helping Mozhu Mountain to resist the divine religion and Xuanmen, he secretly recruits and deploys his own forces in Bianzhou. It can be seen that,

Not only those nobles who missed Li Guo's clan, but also the company secretly placed bets around this person, probably planning to use him to stir up Li Guo's political situation.

"Hey, I asked you to find Dao Yi. What are you telling me about these princes and grandsons?"

Lu Qi calculated and went around in a circle, but found nothing, and was a little frustrated.

Zheng Zetian shook his head and said,

"It has been so many days, and there is still no trace of Dao Yi's cause and effect. But since King Ying is secretly planning this matter, and he owes you money, senior brother, why don't we go ask him, maybe

There will be delivery.”

"That's true, but it's not my fault to go see him. Just let him come to see me. Come on, senior brother will take you to drink."
To be continued...