Does it matter whether the emperor is real or fake?

When Zhou Ting lost all the states directly under its jurisdiction, it became a complete military alliance regime. The court was just a decoration and the emperor was just the leader of the alliance.

Compared with the great Zhou Dynasty's great task of unifying the world and saving the fairy world, what they care about most is of course the privileges of the Wu family nobles for generations.

"Lord." Qin Yu knew what Jiang Yao was thinking. He stood up and said solemnly:

"The Great Zhou is the Great Zhou, and Yu Kuan is the Yu Kuan. The Great Zhou and the Ming Dynasty are real enemies, and they just have to go to war in the end."

"There are now eighty-six states in the Great Zhou Dynasty, of which thirty-six are directly under the jurisdiction of the state alone! Much more than our fourteen states in the Ming Dynasty!"

"The Great Zhou occupies most of the Divine Continent, and will soon take over the northern and southern regions, and recruit an army of ten thousand immortals to surrender!"

"My lord, if there are no constraints, the Zhou Kingdom will become the most powerful country in the world within five years. With the overwhelming power of mountains, how can I, the Ming Dynasty, resist it?"

"From what I can see, although my lord has a deep and righteous relationship with the Lord of Zhou, the state of Zhou is the state of Zhou, and Yu Kuan is Yu Kuan. It is not appropriate to love a house or a bird."

"Now, we finally have the opportunity to weaken Zhou State and prevent Zhou State from dominating. My lord, it is best not to give up because of the affair between your children."

"With Yu Kuang's character, she will never let go of the Ming Dynasty. Destroying the Ming Dynasty is her established national policy to unify the Divine Continent."

"In this case, why should my lord hesitate? My lord can just sit back and let the fake Yu Kuan harm the Zhou Kingdom and weaken the Zhou Kingdom. Isn't this a blessing for the Ming Dynasty?"

Although Jiang Yao nodded, his expression was very troubled, "Zi Zhou's words are very suitable to my liking. However, if I sit back and do nothing and allow that counterfeit to cause harm to the Kingdom of Zhou, I will not have the face to see Yu Kuan in the future."

"My lord." Qin Yu sat down and spoke earnestly, "When that person hurts Yu Kuan himself, it won't be too late for my lord to take action. Now that person wants to harm the State of Zhou, and the State of Zhou is an enemy country, why should we care about it?"

"If my lord wants to unify Shenzhou, doesn't he also have to destroy the Zhou Dynasty? The two countries are destined to be incompatible with each other, and they are incompatible with each other. It is better to sit back and watch and reap the benefits!"

"While the Zhou Dynasty is in chaos, I, the Ming Dynasty, can take advantage of people's danger, seize chestnuts from the fire, and capture the Southern Territory first!"

Of course Jiang Yao thinks Qin Yu is right. But Yu Kuan has put in a lot of effort in Zhou Guoyu today. Wouldn't it be too selfish to ignore it?

For the first time, Jiang Yao became indecisive when something happened.

"Yu Kuan will not blame the lord, the lord just blames himself." Qin Yu said sharply, "The lord pretends not to know, how can Yu Kuan know that the lord knows the truth?"

"My lord confuses the enemy country with Yu Kuan, because he is in the middle of the situation and his personal feelings have obscured his vision. I think it is not advisable."

"Besides, Yu Yan's whereabouts are uncertain and her whereabouts are unknown. How can my lord inform her? Counterfeiters can also receive the flying messages sent by my lord."

"The lord sent a message to Yu Kuan, and the woman knew that she was exposed. How could she not deal with the lord?"

"My lord wants to inform Nangong Lingyi, the governor of the Great Zhou Dynasty? But what if Nangong Lingyi is also fake? Wouldn't that be a bad thing?"

What? Nangong Lingyi is also fake?

Jiang Yao suddenly felt a chill in his heart. It was really dark under the lamp. He was confused when he cared about it, and he actually forgot this level.

Is there a fake Yu Kuan, is there a fake Nangong Lingyi?

Although this is unlikely, it is not impossible!

If Nangong Lingyi, the Supervisor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, is also fake, then what will be the result if he reports to Nangong Lingyi himself?

"What Zi Zhou means is just to pretend that he doesn't know." Jiang Yao sighed.

Qin Yu nodded firmly, "That's right. Just pretend that you don't know and let her cause harm to the Kingdom of Zhou!"

"The lord also wanted to ask her why she suddenly enfeoffed the directly-controlled states and pretended to blame her. Otherwise, she would have suspected that the lord knew that she was lying. If it is a show, then do it."

"If the Zhou Kingdom is over, and Yu Kuan comes to help the lord, won't they be reunited?"

Jiang Yao stood up and paced back and forth.

After a long time, he suddenly showed a firm look, "Okay! I don't know anything!"

Qin Yu was overjoyed, "My lord is wise! I, Ming, are blessed!"

………

In October of the fourth year of Hongwu, a major event suddenly occurred in the Zhou Kingdom.

The Lord of Zhou, Yu Kuan, returned to the court after several years of training.

This is not a big deal yet.

On the second day after Zhou returned to the court, he suddenly announced an edict that made the Wu family nobles cheer: "Abolish the edict of directly subordinate states and counties"!

The edict said that the world is the world of various families, not the world of one family. The Great Zhou is the alliance of the Wu family; I am the co-owner of Shenzhou.

The imperial court is aloof and noble, so it is really not suitable to directly manage the states and counties, but to be aloof and authorize vassals.

In order to unite all the surnames, bestow favors on hundreds of families, and reward meritorious officials, the prefectures and counties were directly subordinated to the imperial court, and all the titles were awarded to meritorious officials.

The excuse for deposing the prefectures and counties directly under the imperial court is high-sounding and justifiable.

Many county magistrates and magistrates directly under the jurisdiction of states and counties are directly appointed as vassals of various sizes in the areas under their jurisdiction!

As soon as the edict came out, the Zhou clan was shocked, and all the princes and princesses of the Yu family opposed it!

However, most of the Manchu ministers and local officials agreed.

Such a sudden and important edict was passed immediately.

The ministers celebrated with their foreheads and hands, and most of them praised the emperor: wise!

This is human nature.

Would you rather be a county governor or a vassal of a county? There is still no choice?

Why should you become an official when you can be a lord?

After the edict was issued, all the nobles of the Zhou Dynasty's martial arts family were as happy as if they were celebrating the New Year.

Your Majesty is wise!

The thirty-six directly-administered states were originally a great check and deterrent to the Wu family by the imperial court. As a result, the Zhou Kingdom became a semi-aristocratic and semi-legal state, and had the foundation to unify the world.

However, the "wise" "Emperor" issued an edict to abolish martial arts and enfeoff all the directly subordinate states and counties that had finally been wrested from the failed martial lords!

The only ones that have not been enfeoffed are the original four states of Yu clan.

It is equivalent to saying that after so many years of busy work, Yu Kuan suddenly returned to before liberation. However, there was an empty court and a nominal emperor.

Yu Kuan's close relatives and ministers were heartbroken, but even Nangong Lingyi did not object to the emperor's own decision. These clan members and close relatives who were in the minority could only accept it with pinched noses.

Even the Ten Thousand Immortals Army on the anti-tapir front said that His Majesty the Emperor was wise and that they would submit to the imperial court and accept the land entrusted to them by His Majesty.

The Ten Thousand Immortal Army finally declared its allegiance to Zhou Ting, which seemed to be a great good thing for Zhou Ting.

actually not.

Because this kind of surrender and surrender is actually just a name.

Instead, the Ten Thousand Immortals Army became completely independent.

Zhou Ting's previous plan was to slowly force the Ten Thousand Immortal Army to submit to the imperial court and truly surrender.

Can this be the same?

After Jiang Yao learned the news, he immediately sent a flying message to "Yu Kuan" in a "shocked" tone.

"Kun'er, why do you want to enfeoff the prefectures and counties directly under your jurisdiction? Isn't this self-destructive? You are confused."

Jiang Yao's tone was heartbreaking.

"Yu Kuang" replied: "What I did was the result of careful consideration. In order to unite the hearts of the martial arts families in the world, break down the resistance, and better unify the world, I abolished the directly subordinate states and counties and completely enfeoffed them."

"Brother Yao, I am not confused, but I am far-sighted and trade small things for big things..."

Jiang Yao laughed. The reason this woman came up with was so genuine that it was hard to refute.

Looking at it from another angle, it makes sense.

It's so cruel.

One trick of confusing the real with the fake destroyed the foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

poison.

Even if Yu Yan comes back now, it will be difficult to remedy the situation.

Since Yu Kuang no longer had the direct jurisdiction of the provinces and counties, she, the Emperor of Zhou, was nothing more than a decoration.

When the martial nobles are happy, they can follow the imperial edict. If they are unhappy, they can obey the imperial edict and ignore it, turning a deaf ear to it.

Jiang Yao felt very sad.

I feel sorry for Yu Yan.

He was really sad.

However, Qin Yu repeatedly warned that Zhou was a formidable enemy and must be weakened.

His Highness Prince Ming had no choice but to stand by and watch for the sake of the overall situation.

In fact, even if he intervenes, it will have no effect.

Facts have proved that Qin Yu's guess was correct, and Nangong Lingyi was also switched.

The emperor and the prime minister have both been replaced, so how can we still have fun?

Dead end.
To be continued...