Chapter 192 You will soon hear about the sudden death of King Bei

Chapter 192 You will soon hear the news of King Bei’s sudden death

early morning.

Xuanzheng Hall.

The officials came here early today. As soon as they arrived at the Xuanzheng Hall, the officials started discussing the reform of Beijun. They 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 reach the capital in a short time.

The reform in Beijun was different. The land issue was closely related to each of them. Although the Beiwang only carried out reforms in the fiefdom and did not seem to affect them, the Beiwang's ideas made them feel very dangerous.

This kind of thought must never 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 give this idea to Nipped in the bud.

Seeing the heated discussion among the officials in the main hall about the reform of Beijun, Lin Gaoyuan felt a little complicated.

Only then did he decide to fall to the North King and support the North King from now on. As a result, the North King caused such a big disturbance in Beijun.

Legislating to stipulate that the ownership of the fief land belongs to the prince. Even the Northern King dares to do this kind of thing. Is there no official or counselor around the Northern King to stop the Northern King?

King Bei is so courageous.

Lin Gaoyuan's heart even began to waver.

He doubted whether King Bei would survive next year.

Even if Emperor Xia did not punish King Bei, those aristocratic families and the scholar-bureaucrat class would secretly send people to assassinate King Bei.

When he thought of this, Lin Gaoyuan sighed.

Originally, he thought that King Bei was a man who was good at forbearance and would become a great person and achieve great things in the future.

In the end, I didn't expect that King Bei would be so reckless.

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

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

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

Hearing this, the main hall, which had just been like a vegetable market, instantly became quiet.

Soon, Emperor Xia, wearing a yellow gold dragon robe, arrived on the dragon platform.

After he sat on the dragon chair, he said calmly: "What were you all discussing just now? The discussion was so intense. Could it be that there are some big changes in the frontline war that I don't know yet?"

Seeing that Emperor Xia was pretending to be confused, the official of a noble family couldn't bear it anymore and stood up directly and said: "Your Majesty, I am impeaching the Northern King for his lawlessness, disrespect for etiquette, bullying the people, and misbehavior in the fiefdom. It is recommended that the title of King of the North be abolished and someone be sent to capture him and bring him back to the capital for punishment.

Hearing this, Emperor Xia showed a confused expression, and then said: "King of the North? Weren't you just discussing the battle on the front line? Why did you discuss the King of the North again? Did the King of the North do something? I don't know. Knowing something, someone would actually impeach him?"

Seeing Emperor Xia pretending 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 ordered by Emperor Xia?

Is it possible that Emperor Xia plans to legislate to recover land ownership?

At this moment, Zhao Wenhan stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that King Bei was carrying out reforms in Beijun and wanted to legislate that the ownership of all the land in Beijun belongs to him alone. No one can buy or sell at will. King Bei openly robs This behavior will seriously endanger the Daxia community, so I believe that the Northern King should be stopped immediately from continuing to reform, otherwise Daxia will be in danger."

Emperor Xia frowned, and then said: "Zhao Aiqing is really well-informed. Zhao Aiqing knows about things that I don't even know about."

"But having said that, when a vassal king carries out reforms and establishes laws in his own fiefdom, it doesn't seem to have much to do with the court."

"If the imperial court arbitrarily interferes with the affairs of the feudal princes, I am afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the feudal princes."

Zhao Wenhan said quickly: "Your Majesty, King Bei's reforms have aroused public anger. Now the people in the streets and alleys are discussing the affairs of Beijun. Not many people are even paying attention to the war on the front line."

"If we don't stop the Northern King's reforms and don't punish the Northern King, I'm afraid the people will think that His Majesty asked the Northern King to do this. It's even possible that Your Majesty will legislate to take back all the land in Daxia in the future."

"The war on the frontline is tense now. If the soldiers know that the land they gained through military merit may be taken back, they will still have the heart to fight for Daxia and your Majesty."

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

Having said this, Zhao Wenhan knelt down directly.

Seeing that Zhao Wenhan had knelt down, the officials from Zhao Wenhan's group knelt down one after another, and said in unison: "Please punish the King of the North severely!"

Seeing more than half of the officials in the court kneeling down, Emperor Xia didn't feel any fluctuation in his heart. He had already expected that the court would be like this yesterday.

In fact, what these ministers fear most is to take back the land ownership themselves. Zhao Wenhan's words just now were to test himself, and at the same time to remind him not to have such thoughts, otherwise he will be the emperor.

Emperor Xia said calmly at this time: "If it is true as you said, King Bei is enacting legislation in Beijun to take back land ownership, then he has indeed gone 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 people. Naturally, he should 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 cannot forget that King Beijun led Beijun soldiers to destroy the tribe of King Tianlang. This is enough to show that Beijun's martial virtue is strong."

"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.

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 an army of millions 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 crown 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 agreed so easily to the eighth prince going to the front line, the other princes immediately quit.

The eighth prince could go to the front line, so they naturally had the qualification. Then all the princes stood up one after another and asked Emperor Xia to allow them to go to the front line to fight against Dawu.

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

Emperor Xia gave the eighth prince a chance to convey his goodwill to the Jiangnan family. How could he let other princes follow him to the front line to stir up trouble.

After that, there was a quarrel between various factions in the court. Originally, they wanted to cause trouble for the Northern King today, but now all the ministers have turned their attention to the war on the front line.

This is basically the same situation that Lu Chen expected. Even if the ministers of the imperial court knew about the reforms he had made in Beijun, the imperial court would not be able to allocate extra energy to trouble him because of the war between Dawu and Daxia. .

Moreover, the imperial court did not dare to cause trouble with a vassal king at this time. The foreign enemies had not been repelled yet. If civil strife was provoked at this time, Daxia would become even more dangerous.

Of course, this made the ministers of the imperial court very uncomfortable. Now they could not touch the King of the North, and there was no way to stop him from carrying out reforms in the fiefdom. Could it be that they could only watch him messing around in Beijun?

This is definitely not possible.

Since Beijun's land reform measures were apparently proposed by King Bei, then King Bei, the person who proposed it, would be dealt with. In this way, Beijun's reform 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's whole body is covered with strong muscles, each one looks very distinct, and there is a long scar on his face. The whole person looks fierce, and he looks like a warrior at first glance.

After listening to Wang Yong's words, the middle-aged man burst out laughing, and then he said: "Brother Wang, if you had come to us earlier, I'm afraid the scourge in the north wouldn't have caused these things!"

"Hmph, Blood Moon Tower is really a waste, it actually fell into the hands of King Bei!"

Wang Yong said with a smile: "What Pavilion Master Su said is that this matter will trouble your Lingwu Pavilion. After the matter is completed, five million taels of silver will be given."

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

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

Seeing that Su Teng was so confident, Wang Yong felt relieved.

Lingwu Pavilion is not a professional killer organization, but the dirty work done by their forces is not much less than that of professional killer organizations like Xueyue Tower.

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