Chapter 227 Lin Wanyun poisoned

After Zhuge Chongguang came to the Northern Kingdom, Lu Chen directly appointed him as the Minister of Education, in charge of the education work of the entire Northern Kingdom, and also gave him the title of bachelor, so that he could participate in discussions on any military and national affairs in the future.

Although Zhuge Chongguang obtained such a high position as soon as he came to the Northern Kingdom, no official in the Northern Kingdom was dissatisfied, including Li Rui, who was temporarily acting as the Prime Minister's power.

The power of Grand Bachelor Zhuge Chongguang is far greater than that of Li Rui. His status is obviously higher than that of Li Rui, and Li Rui still has no temper at all.

Zhuge Chongguang is the great master of the Literary Saint, and he is also a person who is expected to break through to the realm of heaven and man. Who dares to compete with him for power.

He couldn't compete with others in literary competition, and he was still a grandmaster in martial arts competition, so Li Rui had to give up most of his power.

With a great master sitting in the small court of the Northern Kingdom, the officialdom of the Northern Kingdom became much more harmonious, because everyone knew that under the prince, Zhuge Chongguang had the most power. No matter how they climbed up, it was useless. The status of the great master over there.

Moreover, Lu Chen not only arranged for Zhuge Chongguang to be an official, he also arranged for the students who came to the north with Zhuge Chongguang one by one. However, most of them started at the grassroots level, and Lu Chen did not come up all at once. Just give them very important positions. Even if the students of Huanyu Academy are our own, we can't give them important positions right away.

For Lu Chen, loyalty is important, but ability is also very important. If he only needed to be loyal without requiring others to have ability, then the Northern Kingdom would not still be short of officials.

Lu Chen's idea was very simple. He would first send the students from Huanyu Academy to the grassroots level for training and correct their habit of talking loudly. After they have accumulated a certain amount of experience, he would then promote them up.

It just so happens that their loyalty is 100%. After delegating the students of Huanyu Academy to the grassroots level, Lu Chen can easily grasp the situation at the grassroots level even if he is in a high position. Coupled with the supervision of Jin Yiwei, his control over the grassroots level is far greater. Far more than other rulers.

The construction of the new city is in full swing, and the construction of the straight road is almost half done. Now the political, economic and military affairs of the North have basically entered a stage of stable development.

After firearms entered the army, the army in the North began to practice new tactics. The most lacking thing in the North is still food. Although Lu Chen obtained high-yielding crops such as corn and sweet potatoes, his time was limited and he only planted one round. It has not spread to the entire northern country yet.

It will take at least two or three years to solve the food problem of the Northern Kingdom and prevent the Northern Kingdom from being affected by famine. Before that, the Northern Kingdom needs to buy food from other dynasties.

Fortunately, the business in the Northern Kingdom has been very developed, and there is an endless stream of caravans from all the major dynasties. Even if the caravans of the Northern Palace do not take the initiative to buy grain from other dynasties, those caravans will transport grain from other dynasties to the Northern Kingdom for sale. It also makes up for the shortage of food in the North to a certain extent.

Seeing that everything in the Northern Kingdom was developing for the better, Lu Chen finally felt less stressed recently, and he left many of the things he was doing to Zhuge Chongguang.

Although Zhuge Chongguang is an ancient person, he is not much stupider than modern people. He can understand most of Lu Chen's policies. Zhuge Chongguang can accurately implement Lu Chen's policies without Lu Chen's excessive explanation. , which made Lu Chen feel a lot more relaxed all of a sudden.

With Zhuge Chongguang and the students from Huanyu Academy, Lu Chen no longer has to work as hard as before. He only needs to continue his plan to breed offspring and wait for the opportunity quietly.

North Palace.

Evening, study.

The lights in the study were brightly lit. Lu Chen worked a little overtime today. In the evening, a lot of information from the capital came in, and he was sorting it out.

Recently, the conflict between his father and the Jiangnan family has become more and more obvious. Emperor Xia wanted to send troops south, but was blocked by officials of the Jiangnan family in every possible way. The conflict between the two sides has become public.

The Jiangnan aristocratic family had probably reacted and knew that Emperor Xia was planning to attack them, so they didn't care so much and directly used various means to prevent Emperor Xia from dispatching troops. In anger, Emperor Xia had already killed several aristocratic families. officials.

In the past, Emperor Xia was afraid of those aristocratic families, so he rarely killed aristocratic family officials. Even if those officials did something wrong, he would only take off their official hats. Now he directly starts killing aristocratic family officials, which means that he has endured it. To the limit.

The atmosphere in the capital is particularly depressing right now, and there is a feeling that a storm is coming.

Lu Chen sat on the desk and kept reading the information that arrived at the North Palace tonight. At this time, Qin Yushan was still standing in front of Lu Chen and did not leave immediately.

After Lu Chen looked through the information on the table, he asked, "How is the investigation going that I asked Commander Liang to investigate?"

Qin Yushan replied: "Back to your Majesty, since Your Majesty released the right to operate the salt industry, the ones who have made the most profits from salt production are the Dongfang family among the Jiangnan aristocratic families. They had already bought the salt industry before the imperial court released the right to operate the salt industry. A lot of land by the sea was used for drying salt, and the salt was smuggled to the Daqian Dynasty."

"Since the imperial court released the right to operate the salt industry, the Dongfang Family has openly sold its private salt to the whole country. In less than a year, it has earned nearly ten million taels of silver, and this is the data we can find. .”

"If you include the data that we can't find, I estimate that the Dongfang Family has earned more than 10 million taels of silver."

After hearing Qin Yushan's words, Lu Chen stopped flipping through the information manually and fell into deep thought.

Since the Dongfang Family is the one with the biggest profit, does that mean some kind of deal has been reached between the Dongfang Family and Emperor Xia?

Seeing that Lu Chen was deep in thought, Qin Yushan stopped talking. After a while, Lu Chen said, "What else did Commander Liang find out about the Dongfang Family?"

Qin Yushan continued: "The Dongfang family has always wanted to enter the court, but the Dongfang family is different from ordinary families. They moved to Daxia from other dynasties. They don't have much land in Daxia, and they have been here for generations. He is engaged in business, so he has always been looked down upon by other aristocratic families. Although there are some talkative people in the court, it is very difficult for members of his family to enter the court."

"In the past year, the trade exchanges between the Dongfang Family and the capital have been very frequent, and their merchant ships have never stopped."

After hearing Qin Yushan's report, a smile appeared on Lu Chen's face. So, the chess piece his father placed in the Jiangnan Aristocratic Family is most likely the Eastern Aristocratic Family?

Although the Dongfang Family can be regarded as an ancient family, the Dongfang Family only has money and does not have the political status to match it, so strictly speaking it is different from the ordinary ancient families.

Since the Dongfang Family wants political status and wants to enter the imperial court, Emperor Xia can take advantage of this opportunity to secretly reach a synthesis with the Dongfang Family, destroy other families first, and then raise the status of the Dongfang Family.

only……

Will Emperor Xia really keep his promise?

If the Dongfang Family is really Emperor Xia's chess piece, will Emperor Xia throw it away after using it again?

After all, in Emperor Xia's eyes, the aristocratic family was the source of chaos in Great Xia, and he himself hated the aristocratic family very much, so he might not keep his promise.

If only a group of ancient aristocratic families were eliminated, and then another group of aristocratic families were supported, then the Daxia Dynasty would probably fall into the cycle of history, and perhaps within a few years, Daxia's current situation would be formed again.

Lu Chen was very curious about what his father would do when the time comes.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen said: "Ask Commander Liang to keep an eye on the Dongfang Family. Every move of the Dongfang Family will be written down and sent to the Northern Kingdom."

Qin Yushan said: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Lu Chen continued: "Okay, it's already so late. If you have nothing to do, you can go back first."

"My subordinates, please leave." After saying this, Qin Yushan turned and left Lu Chen's study.

After Qin Yushan left, Lu Chen continued to look at the information on the table. He felt very happy about the current situation in the world.

All major dynasties and countries have internal problems of one kind or another. In order to deal with these problems, judging from the intelligence he collected, the situation in the world will not be stable in two or three years.

By the time the major dynasties had resolved their internal conflicts, the Northern Kingdom had grown up. Now the Northern Kingdom's commercial trade is becoming more and more developed. If the Northern Kingdom can complete the primitive accumulation of capital in the past few years, it may not be long before it can embark on the path of industrialization. the way.

Just as Lu Chen was looking forward to the future, the maid's voice came from outside the door, "Your Majesty, Commander Lin is here."

Hearing this, Lu Chen looked through the information and said, "Come in."

The next moment, Lin Wanyun pushed the door in carrying a lunch box with several layers.

After entering the study, Lin Wanyun said, "Chen'er, this is the supper that Zixuan made for you just now."

Hearing this, Lu Chen raised his head and glanced at Lin Wanyun, then glanced at the lunch box, "Sorry, Aunt Lin."

Lin Wanyun said with a smile: "No trouble, this is what I should do. You should eat something first."

Having said this, Lin Wanyun placed the lunch box on the desk, then opened the lunch box and took out all the food inside.

Lu Chen moved all the information on the table aside, then took a look at tonight's supper, and found that tonight's supper was the same as usual, consisting of soups made with various tonic foods.

In fact, these things have no effect on Lu Chen at all. He is already a great master and has very strong physical strength and energy. He has no need for these things at all. There is no need for Mu Zixuan to prepare these supplements for him.

But this was his princess's wish, and Lu Chen wouldn't say anything, and there was no harm in replenishing it. Although he had strong physical strength, he still had to have that kind of thing when cultivating a relationship with his wife and concubines.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen picked up a spoon and prepared to take a sip of soup.

At this moment, Lu Chen was stunned and suddenly felt something was wrong.

Although Lin Wanyun has now become the leader of the inner courtyard of the palace, Lin Wanyun is still an outsider to a certain extent. Outsiders are usually not qualified to give food to Lu Chen. Usually those who give food to Lu Chen are those closest to Mu Zixuan. It is impossible for the maid, Mu Zixuan, to hand over the food to Lin Wanyun.

Mu Zixuan is a smart woman. How could she not see that Lin Wanyun and the others have ulterior motives for Lu Chen? Moreover, Mu Zixuan had already told Lu Chen that Chen Wanrong and Lin Wanyun might have some purpose in choosing to stay in Beijing. The palace.

Lu Chen smiled slightly, I'm afraid there might be some extra ingredients in tonight's supper.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen glanced at Lin Wanyun.

Lin Wanyun was wearing a purple dress today, looking very charming. Her plump body held up the dress, making her look very mature and charming.

Lu Chen used the system to identify Lin Wanyun's personal information.

[Name: Lin Wanyun]

[Identity: The adopted daughter of Lin Gaoyuan, the left prime minister of Great Xia, later left the Lin family and joined the Xuanyue Palace. She is a half-step master. She is 32 years old this year. She followed Chen Wanrong, the master of the Xuanyue Palace, to Beijun, intending to use the blood of the North King to refine the Dragon Subduing Curse. To deal with Emperor Xia, Chen Wanrong sensed that Great Xia was about to be in chaos, and the arrival of Zhuge Chongguang gave her a sense of crisis, so she planned to use the love poison on King Bei in advance. In order to successfully cast the poison, Chen Wanrong asked Lin Wanyun to eat it at Bei King. The powder of the male Biyi Butterfly is planted in the things. As long as the powder of the male Biyi Butterfly is taken, Beiwang will be affected by Chen Wanrong who has taken the powder of the female Biyi Butterfly. In their opinion, doing so will greatly increase the success rate of the poison. . 】

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Seeing that Lin Wanyun's personal information was updated, the smile on Lu Chen's face became even brighter. He asked why Lin Wanyun took the initiative to give him supper today. It turned out that Lin Wanyun and Chen Wanrong planned to give themselves medicine.

But having said that, the butterfly powder used by Chen Wanrong sounds like it has the same effect as the dragon and phoenix tree.

Lu Chen was a little unsure whether this thing would affect him, so he asked in his mind: "System, can the Poison-Invulnerable Body be able to dissolve Biyidie's powder?"

[Yes, Biyidie's powder is a kind of aphrodisiac. 】

After hearing the system's answer, Lu Chen felt relieved. Since he could detoxify, there was nothing to worry about.

Chen Wanrong and Lin Wanyun didn't want to wait any longer, and he just didn't want to wait anymore. It was time to add two more women to himself. He had always been greedy for the body of this beautiful woman in front of him.

Seeing Lu Chen suddenly stop holding the spoon in his hand, Lin Wanyun was startled and had a bad premonition. She was a little worried that Lu Chen had discovered the Biyidie powder in the soup.

Lin Wanyun immediately comforted herself in her heart. She only drank a little powder today, and Lu Chen shouldn't be able to detect it. Moreover, the powder from Biyidie was not considered poisonous. The key was that it had no smell.

Then Lin Wanyun asked tentatively: "Chen'er, what's wrong?"

Lu Chen pretended to sigh and said, "Hey, why did Zixuan make so many great supplements for me? If I eat these things at night, how can I still sleep?"

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Lin Wanyun breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she didn't notice.

I haven't recovered from my cold. I've been lying in bed all day. I'm going to update this chapter today. My head is dizzy. There may be something wrong with what I wrote. If there are any typos or sentences that don't make sense, please point them out for me. Thank you.