Chapter 511: His Royal Highness Prince Ming, he accepted Qin Yu's advice with difficulty!
Fake Yu Kuan wanted to bite Jiang Yao to death. She hugged Jiang Yao's back with both hands and really wanted to grab him.
"Uh...Brother Yao, I have important things to do in the Eastern Region, so let's say goodbye."
‘Yu Kuan’ let go of Jiang Yao, hurriedly pulled out a spaceship, waved goodbye with a forced smile, and left in a hurry.
"Hahaha." Jiang Yao couldn't help but laugh heartily as he looked at the fake Yu Kuan's flying spaceship.
What a relief.
I don't know who this woman is, but she is very smart, but a little ignorant of the world. Luo Hong sent her down the mountain, I'm afraid he didn't have much hope, maybe he wanted to let her pass on.
If this is the case, then she is probably Luo Hong's beloved disciple or descendant.
"Dad, mother, kiss her..." Jiang Lingyun felt that Jiang Yao's reaction was a little wrong, but she didn't know why.
Of course Jiang Yao couldn't tell her daughter the truth, otherwise if she saw the fake Yu Kuan again, she might have no scheming intentions and the fake Yu Kuan might find out.
"Lingyun, go to the life space of the Shennong Cauldron." Jiang Yao sacrificed the Shennong Cauldron.
Jiang Yao already has three life spaces, one is the Mu Yuan Pearl, the second is the Demon Sealing Seal, and the third is the Shennong Cauldron.
Jiang Lingyun can also use medicine and luck to practice in the space of Shennong's Creation Cauldron.
When the little cotton-padded jacket happily entered the life space of the Shennong Cauldron, Ah Jiu immediately turned into a human body and became a girl in black with a cold breath.
After devouring the powerful poison domain in the Great Medicine Market, Ah Jiu has now recovered to half a step of Mahayana cultivation, and his aura is even more powerful.
"Master." Ah Jiu's voice was hoarse, "The impostor took the Dayan Pill. Master must have tampered with it, right?"
Jiang Yao showed a strange expression, "Without the help of Shen Nong's Fortune Cauldron, it would have been really difficult for me to poison her in front of her. Fortunately, she still ate it."
Ah Jiu sneered: "Master has good tricks. However, Luo Hong must be very powerful behind this woman. If he notices that master has poisoned the woman..."
"I'm afraid it will cause a big disaster. With the master's current strength, it is not appropriate to break up with someone like Luo Hong."
Jiang Yao nodded and looked in the direction of the Great Medicine Market with a calm expression, "You don't have to worry about this. Even if Luo Hong was an immortal, it would be difficult to tell that the woman was poisoned."
"This is the poisonous thought that comes with Shen Nong's creation cauldron. It is then refined with the innate magical power of the medicine spirit body, blended into the Dayan Pill, and hidden into the Purple Mansion of the Sea of Consciousness."
"However, this is the poison of thoughts, controlled by my thoughts. If I don't stimulate poisonous thoughts, she will not be poisoned, as if she was not poisoned."
"Unless she is already an immortal herself, she will never be able to sense any abnormality."
"How can the poison of Shennong Cauldron be simple? If Luo Hong could find out that she was poisoned, he would have to check her insides deliberately."
"I will not inspire poisonous thoughts unless absolutely necessary."
After listening to Jiang Yao's explanation, Ah Jiu felt relieved.
"What does the master think she will do by pretending to be Emperor Zhou?" Ah Jiu asked.
Jiang Yao thought for a while, "The Zhou Kingdom has now taken over the Eastern Region and occupies most of the Divine Continent. It is really the largest country in the world."
"Both the military families in the northern and southern regions are afraid, and they all want to surrender to Zhou."
"Yu Kuan is really powerful. According to this trend, I am afraid that within five years at most, the Zhou Kingdom will be able to take over the Northern and Southern Territories, subdue the Ten Thousand Immortals Army, and become the overlord of the world."
"At that time, even the Qing Kingdom, which has reinforcements from the three tribes, will not be a match for the Zhou Kingdom!"
"The Zhou Kingdom does not change its laws, but it is also governed by laws and regulations. The territory and resources directly controlled by Zhou Ting are also increasing. Within ten years, it may be possible to have the conditions to unify the world!"
"Although the Qing Dynasty kept making killing moves, Pankang was too difficult to deal with. It was clear that the two countries had been fighting for twenty years and were still at odds. Pankang held off Jiang Zhengyi, but bought time for Yu Kuan."
"The most powerful prince in the world will change from Jiang Zhengyi to Yu Kuan."
"This is obviously something Luo Hong, Li Shizhen and others don't want to see. I guess the speed of Yu Kuan's rise may have exceeded Luo Hong and others' expectations."
"That's why Luo Hong sent that woman out to pretend to be Yu Kuan to disrupt the situation and disrupt Yu Kuan's plan."
Ah Jiu felt that Jiang Yao's analysis was very reasonable, "So the master thinks that Luo Hong actually helped the Qing Dynasty?"
Jiang Yao frowned and thought for a while, then slowly shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, and it doesn't seem like it. If Luo Hong had helped Jiang Zhengyi, Chu State would have been destroyed long ago."
"Things are definitely not that simple. These people are too mysterious, so we can only ignore them for the time being."
Ah Jiu crossed his arms, "Master, can you guess the impostor's plan?"
Jiang Yao smiled and looked at the witch, "Ajiu, what do you think? If you were her, how would you control the overall situation of the Zhou Kingdom?"
Although Ah Jiu is smart, he has never had any interest in political intrigue.
"I really haven't thought about this." Ah Jiu smiled rarely, revealing a pair of bright tiger teeth, and his cold and stern temperament became much sweeter.
"Master must have some speculation in his mind, but he just doesn't dare to make a conclusion. Why don't Master go to the Governor's Mansion of Sanjin and discuss it with Qin Yu."
Jiang Yao nodded, "Well, I haven't seen Zizhou for a long time, so I went to have a look and listen to his opinions."
………
Inspired by the Pisces Jade Pendant, Jiang Yao quickly arrived at Gaoyang Tiancheng, the original royal city of Jin clan.
The Governor's Mansion of the Three Jin Dynasties is located in the original Mansion of the Jin Clan Lord.
Envoy Chijie, Qin Yu, the commander-in-chief of the military affairs of the three Jin Dynasties, is summoning subordinate officials in the mansion to supervise the reform and education matters.
It has been several years since the Ming army unified the Western Regions, and the reforms and new policies in various places have long been on the right track. Especially after Jiang Yao implemented the official rule and austerity last time, the people's hearts have solidified.
The three states of Jin clan, which were devastated by the evil tapir soldiers, also recovered their strength at this time.
At this time, Qin Yu looked solemn and spoke solemnly.
"A secret agent from Jinyiwei came to report that the Kongshan tribe and the Northwest Anti-Mei Allied Forces are planning to negotiate a peace break with Mei Tapir, and then divert the disaster eastward and cede territory to use the road to allow Mei Tapir's Western Route Army to attack the Western Regions."
"In the first year of Hongwu, our country, the Ming Dynasty, destroyed 60,000 to 70,000 charm tapir soldiers and also killed Hanri Tulan. The charm tapir tribe had long hated our country, so how could we not retaliate?"
"Based on my judgment, this tentative peace negotiation will most likely be successful. By then, the Charming Tapir Army will give up attacking the northwest of the Demonic Territory, and instead take a detour to attack the Western Territory."
When Qin Yu said this, he pointed at the map and said, "Fellow Taoists, you have also seen that the natural barrier that blocks the army of charming tapirs is the Tianhuang River."
"The aircraft carrier fleet on the Tianhuang River alone cannot stop the main force of the Charming Tapir West Route Army."
"After everyone returns, immediately mobilize secretly to strengthen the river defense formation and expand the river defense fortress on the south bank of the Tianhuang River."
"In addition, we will remove another 100,000 soldiers and horses and place them on the Henan defense line. I will request an order from the Queen Mother to mobilize tens of thousands of elite troops to come to the three Jin Dynasties to support them and defend them to the death."
"Don't trust the nobles of the Wu family at any time. If they get anxious, it's entirely possible for them to let loose the evil tapir and use the evil tapir's knife to deal with me, the Ming Dynasty."
"Well said!" Jiang Yao's voice was clear, and the person had appeared outside the main hall.
"Lord!" Qin Yu looked happy and hurriedly came out to greet him.
"I will pay my respects to the king..." The officials from the three Jin Dynasties saluted together with extremely respectful expressions.
I haven’t seen the king for several years, and the king’s Taoism is even more unpredictable.
Jiang Yao waved his feather fan and said, "Your Majesty, please excuse me. You and I will stay away for the time being while I speak to Zhongshu Ling."
"According to the order!" All the officials bowed and exited together.
Qin Yu asked Jiang Yao to sit at the top and personally poured tea and offered it to him, "My lord came here suddenly today. Is there something unexpected that happened?"
Jiang Yao nodded, and then put aside the matter of fake Yu Yan.
"Is this happening?" Qin Yu looked very excited when he heard this, and even showed a hint of happiness.
Jiang Yao knew that Qin Zizhou was really happy. He thought this matter would be beneficial to Ming Dynasty.
"My lord must have a plan and a countermeasure. I just can't bear to do it, so I asked my opinion, right? From what I can see, my lord can definitely do it."
Jiang Yao showed a wry smile, "It seems that Zizhou really knows me. Please tell me."
"Lord." Qin Yufeng took a sip of tea and talked eloquently.
"If I were that woman, I would do something big that would definitely be accomplished, gain the support of the Wu family, and harm the foundation of the Zhou Kingdom."
"That's land sealed!"
"The prefectures and counties directly under the imperial court that Yu Kuan worked so hard to obtain are all granted to the ministers and to the Ten Thousand Immortals Army."
"My subordinate has received more fiefdoms, and the Ten Thousand Immortal Army has also received a large number of fiefdoms. How can I be disloyal to her?"
When Ming Zhongshu Ling said this, his expression became even more exciting.
"How can we take back the land that was sealed off? Even if Yu Kuan comes back, can we still get the land that was given away to her back?"
"At that time, even if the Wu family and the Wanxian Army know that she is fake, they will pretend to be confused and say that she is real. And the real Yu Kuan will become a fake."
"In the end, what is not true is true, what is not false is false. She and the Wu family became the biggest winners, and the biggest losers were Yu Kuan and the Yu family."
Jiang Yao nodded, "Yes, it is indeed what I thought. Then, she should have used this move. As soon as this move came out, Zhou Ting and Yu Kuan would lose blood."
After taking over the Eastern Region, the Zhou Kingdom had eighty-six states, thirty-six of which were directly under the Zhou Ting. The other fifty states were fiefdoms belonging to the Wu family nobles.
These thirty-six directly-administered states were the territory that Yu Kuan acquired after years of hard work and deliberate efforts to purge many of the Wu family's forces.
It is precisely because of holding thirty-six directly subordinate states that the Zhou Kingdom can barely be called a semi-rule-based country.
This is also the confidence and foundation of Zhou Ting and Yu Kuan. Only by this can Yu Kuan truly establish the authority of the emperor.
Of course, the Wu family nobles of the Zhou Kingdom did not want to see the existence of the thirty-six states directly under the imperial court. If these thirty-six states were entrusted to be enfeoffed, they would definitely celebrate with their hands on their foreheads and laugh out loud in their dreams.
The problem is that Yu Kuan and Zhou Ting will only seize more and more directly-affiliated states, and it is impossible to enfeoff the directly-affiliated states.
The fake Yu Kuan pretended to be the emperor of Zhou to enfeoff the state directly under his jurisdiction, which was playing into the hands of the Wu family nobles. They wanted to get what they wanted, so of course they had to support him with both hands.
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.
Jiang Yao simply stopped caring about the changes in the Zhou Dynasty and focused on making elixirs.
Soon, several furnaces of Tianxin Daming Pill and one furnace of Taiqing Yuanming Pill were refined.
As soon as the Tianxin Daming Pill came out, the ginger medicine was distributed to all relatives and close officials.
At this point, Jiang Yao was relieved.
Even, in order to fear that those around Yang Jian would also be plotted by Jiang Zhengyi's "Ye Di Xin", Jiang Yao prepared a batch of Tianxin Ming Dan and planned to send it to the Sui Kingdom.
Jiang Yao put on a mask and used the Pisces jade pendant to teleport directly to the Sui Kingdom.
He deliberately released a trace of demonic energy and became a demon noble.
Jiang Yao first sent a flying message to Yang Jian, but Yang Jian did not reply.
what happened?
Suddenly Jiang Yao thought that there had been no news about Yang Jian for a long time.
Jiang Yao once again sent a message to Yang Jian in the tone of a noble from the Demon Realm, but Yang Jian still did not receive any reply.
His flight information was coded. As long as Yang Jian saw it, he would know that "Dad" was coming.
But Yang Jian has yet to reply!
Jiang Yao could only enter the capital of the Sui Dynasty and inquire about the palace news personally. However, he found nothing unusual.
Something must have happened to Yang Jian!
His consciousness soon discovered an acquaintance.
Luo Wuxie.
There are rumors in the Sui Kingdom that Luo Wuxie will be established as queen soon, and the auspicious day is just around the corner.
She should be happy.
But at this time, Luo Wuxie had an anxious look on her face. She came out of the palace, got into the gorgeous carriage with a startling glance, and headed to Luo Mansion.
Jiang Yao simply sent Luo Wuxie a flying message: Old friend.
Luo Wuxie immediately replied: "Who is it?"
Jiang Yao replied: "Ye Liangchen, a friend of His Majesty the Sui Dynasty, I have an important meeting."
Luo Wuxie immediately replied: "Please come to the house and meet me soon!"
Obviously, she wanted to see Jiang Yao immediately.
With Luo Wuxie's permission, Jiang Yao, who was wearing a mask, entered the heavily guarded Luo Mansion smoothly.
Soon, he was invited to a painting studio with many formations.
Luo Wuxie is very beautiful and gentle as water. But at this moment, the witch has a sad face and is helpless.
"Your Highness the Queen." Jiang Yao bowed perfunctorily, feeling a little complicated.
He gave all of Yang Xuanming's emotions and thoughts to Yang Jian.
In other words, emotionally, Yang Jian is the real reincarnation of Yang Xuanming. Therefore, it is Yang Jian who can't forget the Demon Queen, not Jiang Yao.
But Jiang Yao's mood is still a bit complicated.
"I am not a queen yet, sir, no courtesy." Luo Wuxie's characteristic is that she is gentle and has no airs.
Jiang Yao knew that this was a woman who was soft on the outside but strong on the inside.
"I wanted to meet His Majesty and sent a flying message to Your Majesty, but His Majesty did not reply for a long time. I am very confused."
Jiang Yao tentatively said.
Luo Wuxie's eyes suddenly turned red, "Mr. Ye, something happened to His Majesty."
Jiang Yao's heart skipped a beat, "What happened to Your Majesty?"
ps: The weather is so hot, I suddenly thought of the ice policy of the Zhou Dynasty and the earliest refrigerator: Bingjian. I thought of the iced fruits in the spring and Autumn period, the ice and snow snacks in the Tang Dynasty in the summer, and the ice cream in the Yuan Dynasty in the summer. Then I suddenly felt: I am this summer
, living worse than the ancients?
Alas, monthly ticket. Good night, Crab.
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There are people chatting about politics in a large QQ group, and the chat has exploded. Let me explain it again.