Chapter 191 I admire his courage

After hearing Wang Yong's words, Lu Shuyun said with a smile: "My ninth brother really dares to touch anything, but then again, this is probably my father's intention.

Lu Chen was just a vassal king.

Lu Shuyun didn't quite believe that Lu Chen could say, "In the whole world, could it be the land of the king? On the shore of the land, could it be the ministers of the king?"

Wang Yong said: "Your Highness, whether this is King Bei's own idea or His Majesty's, as long as anyone dares to start this, our family will not be able to make it easy for him."

"The people who came up with this reform measure have sinister intentions. They want to completely wipe out our family."

It's no wonder that Wang Yong reacted violently. Beijun's land reform measures have obviously touched the most sensitive nerves of the aristocratic families.

Today's aristocratic families are all the beneficiaries of land annexation. Now suddenly someone wants to take back the ownership of the land to the supreme ruler, or hand it over to the country, or even prohibit land sales in the future. Isn't this digging into the roots of their aristocratic family?

Although this is just a spark, the family will never allow such a spark to appear.

Lu Shuyun said at this time: "Now that I have received the news, it is estimated that others have also received the news. It seems that the court tomorrow will be very lively."

The land-owning forces are not only the aristocratic families, but also the scholar-bureaucrat class. Among those who are officials, which one has tens of thousands of acres of fertile land.

King Bei blatantly took back the land ownership of the fiefdom to the hands of one of his vassals. Even he, the vassal king, dared to do this. So could Emperor Xia do the same in the future? Therefore, officials will inevitably oppose King Bei's doing this, even if King Bei only does it in his own fiefdom.

Lu Shuyun seemed to have seen the scene of the Manchu civil and military impeachment of Lu Chen.

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at the same time.

Daxia Palace, in the Imperial Garden.

Emperor Xia took the information in his hand and looked at it again and again. His eyes did not move away from the information in his hand for a long time.

At this time, Emperor Xia murmured: "In the whole world, is it the king's land? On the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers..."

"Domineering...so domineering..."

"Is this really what Xiaojiu can say?"

Having said this, Emperor Xia flew the information in his hand directly to Situ Ce in the pavilion. Situ Ce casually caught the information thrown by Emperor Xia and glanced at it.

Seeing the contents of the information, Situ Ce finally understood why Emperor Xia had been standing there just now after reading the information, and his eyes had been scanning the information.

There is no doubt that King Bei's words, "Everything in the world is not the king's land, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers" will definitely cause shock in Daxia.

Although the Daxia Dynasty was nominally founded by the Daxia royal family, and all the land in the world belonged to the emperor, it was only in name.

No emperor dared to directly enact a special decree on land ownership to stipulate that all land in Daxia belonged to the emperor. If anyone dared to do this, his throne would be over.

There has never been a person in this world, no king, who has ever said the words, "The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers."

The general meaning of this sentence is that all land in the world belongs to the king, and all common people are subjects of the king.

Although the truth is such a truth, as a king and a ruler, you absolutely cannot say this.

If all the land in the world belonged to the royal family, wouldn't it be in vain for those who fought against Taizu Xia to conquer the world?

Precisely because he had never said this sentence before, Emperor Xia felt extremely shocked after seeing this sentence.

Especially after reading the intelligence about Beijun's reform measures, he found that Beiwang was a thousand times more radical than his father.

Although he is still not sure whether Lu Chen is his biological son, Lu Chen's words instantly made him have a good impression of Lu Chen.

From the beginning of the founding of Daxia to the present, many emperors were ambitious when they ascended the throne, intending to follow the example of Taizu Xia's ancestors in opening up territories and achieving great achievements to make Daxia the most powerful dynasty in the world.

As a result, they were restricted by various forces and obstructed by aristocratic families. In the end, the court was controlled by aristocratic families. The emperors had nowhere to display their talents and could only indulge in lust in the palace, and eventually died of old age.

When Lu Xingqiu ascended the throne, he was also full of enthusiasm, thinking that he would definitely become another emperor after Xia Taizu who would expand his territory.

He did succeed in opening up new territories. He destroyed the Chen State. However, after destroying the Chen State, he found that his orders were becoming less and less effective. Whatever he wanted to do, he would always be punished by the court. The aristocratic family obstructed.

As an emperor, he was unable to control the entire court, which made him feel extremely shameful. He finally understood that if the aristocratic family is not destroyed, Daxia will never be his Daxia. He is just a member of the aristocratic family. It's just a puppet pushed to the top.

When Lu Xingqiu saw several of his princes getting mixed up with those aristocratic families, he was very disappointed with them. At the same time, he also thought that if this continued, the next Xia Emperor of Great Xia might not be the next Xia Emperor. He has even been the puppet of the aristocratic family for generations.

At this time, Emperor Xia's inner emotions were a little complicated. He didn't expect that the first prince who dared to stand up and publicly challenge the family was actually the prince he disliked the most and hated the most.

After reading the information in his hand, Situ Ce put it on the desk, and then asked: "The old minister once said that the King of the North has the ambition of Xia Taizu, but your majesty did not believe it. Now does your majesty believe what the old minister said before? ?”

Hearing Situ Ce's words, Emperor Xia sneered, "He dared to say this. I admire his courage, but it is foolish to expose his thoughts in advance when he has no strength. Not only will he be If officials from aristocratic families and scholar-bureaucrats are impeached collectively, they will also face endless assassinations."

Lu Chen's reform measures in the Northern Kingdom have stimulated the aristocratic families and the scholar-bureaucrat class. They will not let Lu Chen continue to live, even if there may be Emperor Xia behind Lu Chen.

Land interests are their fundamental interests, and they will not let anyone touch their core interests, let alone the vassal king, not even the Xia Emperor.

It is precisely because of this that Emperor Xia admires Lu Chen very much.

Lu Chen jumped out to raise the issue of land ownership, which was almost like putting life and death at risk.

At the same time, Emperor Xia was a little curious. After all the heavy cavalry in Beijun had been destroyed, why did Lu Chen dare to reform Beijun at this time? Even if he reformed Beijun, he even had to touch the land ownership.

Isn't the mysterious force behind Lu Chen afraid that Lu Chen will be killed? Or are they very confident in their strength and think they can protect Lu Chen? That's why you let Lu Chen do whatever he wants?

At this time, Emperor Xia looked at Situ Ce and asked: "Master, how do you think I should respond to the impeachment of Xiaojiu by the family officials tomorrow? Should I order to stop the reform of Beijun, or should I directly abolish his position as vassal king?"

Lu Chen violated a taboo and would inevitably be impeached. This was for sure. The key was how he, the emperor, should express his stance.

If there is no punishment for Lu Chen's actions, in the eyes of the officials, he must have the same idea as Lu Chen. He has already offended the aristocratic family. If he offends the scholar-bureaucrat class again, this will not be good for him as an emperor. What good.

Hearing Emperor Xia's question, Situ Ce smiled faintly, and then said: "It is reasonable and legal for the vassal king to carry out reforms in his own fiefdom."

Hearing Situ Ce's answer, Emperor Xia was very dissatisfied, "Master, you are pretending to be confused because you understand."

"He is carrying out reforms in his own fiefdom. This is of course no problem, but he has touched on the issue of land ownership. If the aristocratic families and scholar-bureaucrats are not given an explanation for this, I am afraid it will cause turmoil in Great Xia."

Situ Ce said: "Then your Majesty will bring back the 20,000 imperial troops from Beijun, let the North King defend the north alone, and declare that he will no longer provide aid to the North King in the future. Without a safe environment, the North King's reforms will naturally not be carried out. Go down."

Although he said so, Situ Ce didn't think so in his heart. In his opinion, since the Northern King had raised the land issue, the Northern King was already prepared to deal with the aristocratic families and the scholar-bureaucrat class.

This also shows from the side that there is a high probability that the heavy cavalry in Beijun will be fine. All of this is a smoke bomb released by King Bei, otherwise he would not dare to do this, so even if the imperial army is brought back, it will not have any impact on Beijun. .

Situ Ce recognized Lu Chen's approach in his heart. In his opinion, Lu Chen's reform measures were not only correct, but also proposed at the right time, because the court had no spare time to care about what he was doing in Beijun.

Of course, in the next period of time, many assassins may go to Beijun to cause trouble for Lu Chen.

However, Situ Ce believed that Lu Chen, a young master, would have no problem dealing with the assassinations of the aristocratic families.

Emperor Xia thought about Situ Ce's words for a moment and thought that Situ Ce's method could indeed temporarily deal with it.

Now is the period of war between the two dynasties. If the feudal king is deprived of his throne, it is likely to force the feudal king to rebel. Using the war as an excuse, just punish the Northern King a little, just to show off.

With war as an excuse, those noble families and scholar-officials would not say anything no matter how uncomfortable they were. If the vassal king was forced to rebel, it would lead to a greater crisis in Daxia, and those officials would not be able to shoulder this responsibility.