"Zhiqian, I have a question that I don't quite understand. Can you please help me?" Zhou Xingyun suddenly asked politely.
"If Senior Brother Xingyun wants to ask how to please Sister Xunxuan, I'm sorry, Zhiqian can't do anything."
"Xunxuan is my bed slave. I don't need to please her at all. She should please me. The question I want to ask you is that the Queen Mother and the Crown Prince are both very considerate of the people's sentiments. At the end of last year, they even opened warehouses to provide food relief
During the famine, why would anyone in the northern capital be willing to sacrifice their lives for the Sixteenth Emperor? Especially the grassroots soldiers..."
When Xunxuan heard the first words spoken by Zhou Xingyun, she immediately wanted to refute his untrue remarks, but... Zhou Xingyun changed the subject and talked about the rebellion of the sixteenth son of the emperor. This was the first time that he discussed related matters in half a month.
topic, so Xunxuan remained silent to see what his plans were.
"The people and soldiers in the northern capital support the Sixteenth Emperor's rebellion. The reason is actually very simple. It's the same as Senior Brother Xingyun did nothing bad, but the Wulin Alliance wants to attack you."
Xu Zhiqian was silent for a moment and explained unhurriedly: "The northern capitals, counties and cities are under the jurisdiction of the northern princes. The living environment of the people is restricted. The local bureaucrats only need to block the positive news coming from the capital and continue to instill it in the people.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a foolish king. He builds wine pools and meat forests in the capital to entertain and entertain every night, and then deliberately increases the food tax and shirks all the responsibility for the people's deprivation of life on the regime of the Empress Dowager, which can arouse people's anger."
"Every year when the imperial court opened warehouses to provide famine relief, the northern princes would attribute the credit to the Sixteenth Son of the Emperor, making the people in the northern capital mistakenly believe that these were the fruitful results obtained by the Sixteenth Son of the Emperor on behalf of the people, thus shaping the Sixteenth Emperor of the Emperor.
The great image of a son." Xu Zhiqian was very patient and helped the ignorant Zhou Xingyun make up lessons.
"No wonder Jin Run'er's father said that it would be useless even if he tripped him. The Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor has the support of the princes." Zhou Xingyun nodded pretending to understand.
"Qili'an believes that the rebellion of the sixteenth son of the emperor is unusual. The empress dowager has been conniving at the rebellion of the sixteenth son of the emperor. It is very likely that the drunkard's intention is not to drink, but to point his sword at the northern princes..." Qili'an followed Zhou Xingyun.
After a long time, I got to know the situation in the imperial court and couldn't help but express my own opinions.
"It makes sense!" Zhou Xingyun nodded vigorously and responded shamelessly: "What you said, Qili'an, I also wanted to say just now. We really have a good understanding!"
"It's a great honor for Qili'an!" Sister Qili'an felt very much in agreement with the four words "heart-to-heart". Zhou Xingyun really spoke to her heart.
Xunxuan waited for Xu Zhiqian and Qili'an to finish their presentation, and then said to Zhou Xingyun with a cold expression: "The people in the northern capital have been exploited by the northern princes and have become a weapon for the sixteenth son of the emperor to usurp the throne."
Xunxuan seemed to know the people's sentiments in the northern capital quite well, so she told everyone what she knew in an orderly manner.
As early as a few years ago, the northern princes began to block external news, allowing the people in the northern capital to live in a limited small circle, and then created public opinion, incited conflicts between the people and the current rulers, and made the northern soldiers hate the wealthy bureaucrats in the capital.
, blaming the poor life of northern residents on the leaders of the capital.
Then, the northern princes began to beautify the image of the sixteenth son of the emperor, and promoted that the sixteenth son of the emperor was a benevolent king who loved the people like a son. Only by inheriting the throne can the country and the people be peaceful, so that the people in the northern capital can live and work in peace and contentment, and live a life of food and clothing.
Nowadays, the residents of the north are destitute and have no money, all because the powerful people in the capital are greedy for glory, do not work, do not work, and live a luxurious life while enjoying the grain tax, and all the beauties from the north and south of the Yangtze River are gathered in the capital for lustful pleasures.
The wine and meat in the rich family stinks, and there are people freezing to death on the road. The sixteenth son of the emperor loves the people as his own son, but he really can't stand the style of the powerful people in the capital, so he rises up and plots to usurp the throne and seek happiness for the people in the north.
"You know the situation in northern cities very well..." Zhou Xingyun said, smelling the fragrance of Xunxuan's hair deeply.
"Because I was born in a northern city." Xun Xuan seemed to recall some terrible things, and her delicate body could not help but tremble slightly.
The princes in the north pretended to be public servants for their own benefit, and every year they would have their confidants pretend to be envoys sent from the capital, and run rampant in the urban areas, forcing the people to hand over beautiful women, saying that they were tribute to His Royal Highness for the draft.
In fact, all the women who were "tributed" by the common people were imprisoned in the mansions of the northern princes and suffered inhumane humiliation, including many married women. This is the reason why the northern residents hate the empress dowager's regime.
"Don't be afraid Xunxuan, I will protect you..." Zhou Xingyun tightened his arms, thinking that Xunxuan must have gone through disaster before escaping to Han Qiumiao.
While attending the Young Heroes Conference, Zhou Xingyun once heard Qin Shou say that the reason why Xunxuan became the first of the five beauties in the world, Qingcheng, was because she was on the run at the time and happened to participate in the Young Heroes Conference.
"Your life is more important than mine. Protect yourself first." Xunxuan felt very happy in her heart. Zhou Xingyun hugged her hard, which seemed to give her a little courage, but... she still didn't give Zhou Xingyun a good look.
After listening to the public sentiment in the northern capital, Xu Zhiqian slowly added: "The news that the Empress Dowager ordered the opening of warehouses to release grain will probably be blocked by the northern princes. They first embezzled the public grain, and then pretended to be good gentlemen and provided welfare to the soldiers when the people were in dire straits.
, sell favors to soldiers and gain the trust of grassroots soldiers."
The effect is just like Zhou Xingyun taking the money of the sixteenth son of the emperor to win over martial arts sects, the northern generals embezzling the government's public food and then appeasing the people in their own name.
Soldiers died for their confidants. Soldiers who were favored by the northern generals were naturally willing to sacrifice their lives for them and spared no effort to assist the Emperor's Sixteenth Son in his rebellion.
"It's typical to help others count their money after being sold." Zhou Xingyun felt helpless. He felt that the people living in the northern capital were innocent and pitiful, and they were inexplicably involved in the struggle for imperial power.
"The authorities are obsessed with the onlookers. If we live in a northern city and don't understand the outside world, we will also be deceived by public opinion and think that the capital is a place of drunkenness and wealth." Xunxuan once believed that the capital was a corrupt place of drunkenness and death, but when she
After successfully escaping from the northern capital, he came into contact with the outside world and was taken in by Han Qiumiao. After learning the truth of the matter, he realized that he had been deceived by the illusion created by the northern princes since he was a child.
Xunxuan's father was one of the internal affairs ministers in charge of the northern capital. It was precisely because he was unwilling to associate with the northern princes and harm the people in the north that he insisted on going to the capital to expose the rebellion in the north, which angered the sixteenth son of the emperor who had just grown up.
Only then would the gangsters wipe out their entire family...
"So it's very important to broaden your horizons. Don't be a frog in the well, and don't be gullible and believe in right and wrong."
"Sister Xunxuan, are you warning me? Logically speaking, I should be the one who is followed by everyone, and my horizons are 18,000 times wider than yours. I even know that the average distance between the sun and the earth is 150 million kilometers, and
The distance between me and you around the 'sun' is less than 5 millimeters, do you understand what I mean?" Zhou Xingyun showed a meaningful evil smile, the sun is so beautiful that its name is the sun!
"You, let me down!" Xunxuan's cheeks turned red. Although she didn't understand what Zhou Xingyun meant, his physical reaction made her charming.
In a blink of an eye, Zhou Xingyun and his party arrived at the top of the mountain ten miles away from Shuimen Pass and met up with Han Qiumiao and others.
Xunxuan got her wish and escaped from Zhou Xingyun's clutches, and returned to Han Qiumiao in a hurry. Now that the capital is in crisis, they must discuss countermeasures as soon as possible to alleviate the crisis in the imperial city.
When Zhou Xingyun and others arrived at the hilltop ten miles away from Shuimen Pass, members of Biyuan Villa, Leshan Sect and other disciples had already set up tents and were lighting fires to cook.
On the way from Fujing City to the capital, the heads of the eight major sects of Leshan Sect, Haolin Shaoshi, Shuixian Pavilion, Biyuan Villa, Qigong Palace, Xuanbing Palace, Jingdao Sect, and Hongtian Martial Arts School summoned their disciples along the way and tried their best to
Mobilize the manpower of this sect to assist Han Qiumi in quelling the chaos.
The number of people in the eight sects' teams is like a snowball, growing bigger and bigger. Now there are at least a thousand martial arts people gathered on the mountain top.
Han Qiumiao also did not expect that they could gather such a force of martial arts by chance. As long as they are used properly, the martial arts masters of the eight sects will be able to play a miraculous role in suppressing the rebellion.
So, after Han Qiumiao arrived at the top of the mountain, he immediately met with the deacons of each sect one by one as the eldest princess of the royal family. While deeply thanking each other, he promised each sect that once the rebellion was judged, he would be rewarded with heavy rewards.
Han Qiumiao is not a three-year-old child, so he naturally understands the principle of not going where there is no gain. Although the eight sects are well-known and righteous, in terms of their righteousness, they should help the court to quell the chaos, but... once they help the court, it means that they must
Bearing the risk of defeat, if the sixteenth son of the emperor succeeds in usurping the throne, life will be difficult for the eight major sects.
Under normal circumstances, Jianghu people do not ask about court affairs, and even if the country's political power changes, it will not have much impact on them.
However, Shuixian Pavilion, Haolin Shaoshi and other sects, because of Zhou Xingyun's relationship, were involved in the struggle for imperial power. It is true that people can't help themselves in the world, and they end up in big troubles inexplicably.
Today's politics are in order. Although it is not a peaceful and prosperous era, the country is peaceful and the people are safe. Those in power are considerate of the people's sentiments. They govern as they should and provide disaster relief as they should. There is no dictatorship and tyranny/government greed for wealth.
Now that someone is raising troops to cause chaos, Han Qiumiao has a righteous reputation. If a well-known and righteous family encounters this trouble, it is natural to help her.
It is a blessing, not a curse, but it is a curse that cannot be avoided. For the current plan, the eight sects' deacons can only do their best to assist Han Qiumi in quelling the chaos.
What's more, Han Qiumiao met with the deacons of the eight sects one by one and promised that he would be greatly rewarded for quelling the rebels. Risks and benefits were at the same time. Each sect accepted an SSS-level business, and success or failure depended on it. He won a huge profit, but lost...
Lost everything.
"Oh my God! Senior Sister Luo, what you said...is it true?"
Dozens of female disciples from Narcissus Pavilion suddenly gathered around the campfire and discussed matters furtively.