Three hundred and thirtieth chapters who game who (49)
I had known that Jiuyuan City was rich, but seeing it with my own eyes was another feeling.
This feeling has been there since entering Linzhou.
Behind the prosperity of state capitals and capital cities in other wealthy places, there are people everywhere wearing old and ragged clothes. The most common thing among the people is a sad face.
The closer you get to Jiuyuan City, the fewer people wear patchwork clothes and have sad faces. The official road along the way is all cement pavement, which was paid for by the Linwang Palace.
When I arrived in Linzhou Fucheng, I didn't see a single beggar on the streets.
The prefect of Linzhou belongs to him and dare not deceive him. It's not that someone drove the beggar away, it's that he didn't.
Because he is able to move, he can find a job in Jiuyuan City to take care of food and shelter, even old people and disabled people. Who would want to be a beggar?
"Everyone, please dismount." Chen You dismounted first.
Jiuyuan City stipulates that unless horses are on urgent official duties, no matter how senior the official is, they must dismount and enter the city when they arrive at the city gate.
Others followed and dismounted.
A personal attendant came forward and took the reins from Chen You's hand.
Entering the city, Jiuyuan City did not disappoint everyone, its prosperity was comparable to the capital city.
The new Jiuyuan City continues the neatness and uniformity of the old Jiuyuan City, and the streets are all made of cement pavement.
The main road can accommodate four carriages in parallel, and there is a pedestrian passage on both sides.
The houses are no longer flat-roofed, with walls of cement and blue bricks and roofs of wooden beams. There are many two- and three-story buildings, and there are many shops.
A scene of prosperity.
Who doesn’t want and covet such a Nine-walled City?
Chen Or mainly cares about people.
Most ordinary people are well-dressed, and it is rare to see anyone with a sad face.
What concerned Zhou Zhong was the number of schools. Not long after the group left, they already saw two schools.
He heard that Jiuyuan City valued education, and it was only when he arrived here that he realized that the legend was true.
Of the two schools, one is for children and the other is for adults.
Zhou Zhong took a quick step forward and said softly in front of Chen You, "Your Highness, if King Lin is interested, then..." A big problem.
Those who win the hearts and minds of the people win the world. King Lin not only wins the hearts and minds of the people, but also has financial resources to help him.
Chen or did not respond.
He didn't know that King Lin was a strong rival. But judging from King Lin's actions, it didn't look like he was competing for the throne.
Now that the situation has reached a point where he has to fight hard, if he can confirm King Lin's thoughts, he will be 70% sure.
So he came to see King Lin in person.
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"Commander Ruan, King Liang has entered Jiuyuan City." A guard came to report.
"Yes, I understand. If Prince Liang doesn't send a message to your door, don't pay attention to it. He abides by the rules of Jiuyuan City. You don't have to worry about where he goes. If you violate the rules, you will be dealt with according to the regulations."
"yes."
Liang Wang Chen or reported illness in the capital, and then quietly came to Jiuyuan City.
Yu Hua knew that Chen You's purpose was to get King Lin to support him in ascending to the throne, because King Lin had not shown any signs of fighting for the throne in the past few years. He only focused on running Linzhou and had not even touched the military power.
The third prince, Chen, may be the candidate that Yu Hua is optimistic about as emperor.
It seems that the third prince also noticed that the strong wind was about to rise and came to see King Lin for cooperation.
It just saved her the trouble of contacting him.
It's not necessary, Yu Hua doesn't want to be the emperor.
Prince Lin cannot have any heirs, nor can he get married. As a prince, it is better not to marry, but as an emperor, in order to stabilize the people's hearts, he must have a queen and a prince.
She also doesn't want to raise a successor.
The third prince's character is not bad, and he has done things to eliminate dissidents, but he is not an unscrupulous character who will retaliate against others.
From a prince who had no maternal clan to rely on, he managed a situation where he could be proud to the end. There is no doubt about his ability.
The prefect of Linzhou was a member of the third prince. Zi Hua had many dealings with the prefect of Linzhou, both covertly and covertly. The feedback given to her by Prince Liang was generally acceptable.
The King of Liang imitated some good measures of Jiuyuan City in his territory of Liangzhou, which Yuhua was quite satisfied with.
An emperor who is willing to make changes to address current shortcomings is always better than one who sticks to the old ways.
Didn't keep Zihua waiting too long.
King Liang sent someone to deliver the notice to Commander Ruan that day.
It was common for all parties who came to Jiuyuan City to submit notes to Commander Ruan, so King Liang's actions were not eye-catching at all.
After leading King Liang into King Lin's Mansion, Zihua met King Liang as King Lin.
Zihua leaned forward and said in a weak voice, "Brother Three Emperors, you are neglecting me."
Linwang's image of being sickly and weak is easy to handle. If half of his vitality is taken away, his body will be so weak that he can die at any time.
Toxins are also temporarily placed in the body and can be extracted after use.
Chen You stepped forward to support King Lin, "You don't have to be polite, Fourth Emperor brother." He checked Zihua's pulse by the way.
The pulse was sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and Chen or he knew it in his mind.
Due to Wang Lin's health, the two did not talk for long.
Returning to the small courtyard where he lived, he found Zhou Zhong, and Chen You had a very strange look on his face, "King Lin said that he is willing to help me, on the condition that after the matter is completed, Commander Ruan will be made a general and guard Linzhou forever.
Mr. Zhou, what do you think?"
Regarding the fact that Commander Ruan is a woman, Chen may not have much objection.
Women who practice martial arts have a different status from ordinary women.
In the era when martial arts flourished in the previous dynasties, more than one or two women became generals and became marquises.
It's just that in Daqi, many martial arts were lost, the martial arts world declined, and outstanding women became rare. But it was not impossible.
What he cared about was the meaning of King Lin's request.
Zhou Zhong asked, "How is King Lin's health?"
Chen You sat down and said without comment, "He was very ill." A few years ago, he had said that King Lin was about to die due to illness, but he never saw his death.
Zhou Zhong thought for a while and said, "I think we all thought wrong before. Commander Ruan is not the future Princess Lin, she is the acting Prince Lin..."
System 01, who came to listen to Chen or in the corner, went back to report, "Host, King Liang and others said that you are acting as King Lin. They also said that they are prepared to promise King Lin that they will make you a general."
Zihua nodded.
What Zihua wants is military power, and since she is a general, she has military power. Then there will be a war, and she can lead the troops in the war justifiably.
If King Liang doesn't even have this courage, there is no need to cooperate.
Since she could cooperate, Yuhua borrowed the help of King Lin and gave a piece of confidential information to King Liang.
"It's actually the fifth brother."
The King of Liang did not expect that the biological mother of the fifth prince, Rufei, was a barbarian. His disability was faked in order to get him out of the whirlpool of competition for the throne and to do things secretly.
The fifth prince had already colluded with the barbarian king to launch a palace coup at the end of autumn.
Barbarians usually go south to thresh grass in late autumn and early winter. Going south at the same time this year will be regarded as an ordinary border crossing.
But in fact it was not the case. The barbarians secretly divided their troops and horses into pieces and had already deployed them along the border. They were just waiting for the sound of the horn, and an army of 200,000 people would attack the border at the same time.
Daqibu's army on the border in this area is said to be 200,000, but in fact it is at most 150,000 or 60,000.