Chapter 57 The Chu family faces internal and external troubles

Mu Changtian was assassinated while in exile. Before his death, the news that he used the blood-burning method to drag down three masters quickly spread throughout Daxia.

With the death of Mu Changtian, Emperor Xia took complete control of the military power of Great Xia and had millions of soldiers at his disposal.

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

Emperor Xia suddenly had so many soldiers in his hands. What did he want to do? What will he do? The major families in Daxia are not fools.

For a time, the number of caravans in Daxia increased sharply, especially in the territories of the major vassals, and the number of caravans doubled.

Except, of course, North County.

The caravan is just a cover for the aristocratic family. Using the caravan to travel around and collude with various forces is what the aristocratic family does.

Emperor Xia had even sharpened his sword, so there was no way those aristocratic families would be silent at all.

All the major families have the same idea. Since Emperor Xia is dishonest and disobedient, then change to another emperor.

Throughout the dynasties, emperors have tried to eliminate aristocratic families.

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

But the effectiveness of those methods is still limited.

Emperor Xia got rid of the two heavenly kings and completely controlled the military power of Daxia. He obviously lost patience with the aristocratic families. He wanted to use physical methods to directly eliminate the existing aristocratic families.

Emperor Xia's actions were so fast and so purposeful that he naturally quickly attracted the attention of the major families, especially the Jiangnan family.

Since Chu Yue passed away due to unknown reasons, Chu Xiong has been guarding the capital over the years and has sent many spies to the capital. He will know about any trouble in the capital.

After learning that Mu Changtian was dead and that the military power was in the hands of Emperor Xia, Chu Xiong couldn't sleep well these days, always feeling that the Chu family was in imminent disaster.

Chu family, courtyard.

Chu Xiong was sitting in the pavilion, looking at the intelligence coming 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 Emperor Xia's actions. Shouldn't our Chu family be prepared?"

After hearing what his second brother Chu Liang said, Chu Xiong was silent for a moment, and then said: "I have sent someone to contact King Qi. I believe there will be results soon."

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

Chu Xiong's idea was to use the vassal king to restrict Emperor Xia, forcing Emperor Xia to give up attacking the aristocratic family, or to encourage the vassal king to rebel, so that Emperor Xia had no energy to deal with the aristocratic family. Of course, if there was a vassal king who could defeat Emperor Xia, then he would It couldn't be better.

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

But obviously, the second brother Chu Liang had his own ideas. Chu Liang said at this time: "If you ask me, we should directly 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, then who should we support to ascend to the throne?"

Chu Liang said matter-of-factly: "It doesn't matter, of course I support the Eighth Prince! If you don't support the Eighth Prince, do you still want to support that loser from Beijun who spends all his time drinking and drinking?"

"Besides, the eighth prince's mother comes from the Wang family, a Jiangnan family. He can't be as whimsical as me and want to attack families like ours, and our Chu family happens to have a good relationship with the Wang family."

"After the eighth prince ascends the throne, we will send him some girls from the family. If the girls from the Chu family can have children of the eighth prince 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? Whoever we want him to make as queen, he Whoever will be made the queen."

Chu Liang snorted coldly and said: "You think I haven't thought about it this way. He is just a loser who can't support the wall. If you really 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. Among the princes, all of them are qualified, but he is not."

"Don't forget, he is Chu Yue's child, and his relationship with Xuanyue Palace is unusual. If he really comes to power, 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, you have just said that. No matter how much you say, Chu Yue is still my daughter. No matter how we arrange the relationship, she is my daughter first, and then the goddess of Xuanyue Palace. Why isn’t her son qualified to sit in that position?”

"Besides, you don't really think that Emperor Xia is so easy to assassinate, right? Isn't it too early to start discussing who should ascend the throne now?"

"There is a Grand Master beside Emperor Xia, and apart from Situ Ce, we don't know if there are other Grand Masters secretly protecting him. To succeed in the assassination, I'm afraid it will be even harder than reaching the sky."

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

"Why do you think I just said that I support the Eighth Prince? The Eighth Prince is in the capital now. He can completely assist us in completing our 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 hadn't 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, "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, 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.