The eleven countries in the world were the Turks, Liyang, West Chu, West Shu, Southern Tang, Eastern Yue, Northern Wei, Great Sui, Western Han, Southern Song, and Northern Qi.
Among them, the old emperor of Dongyue, Gou Chai, was in his twilight years, unable to govern the country, and lived in the deep palace for a long time. Prince Gou Sheng, only ten years old, all the civil and military officials in the court regard him as a child.
In the play, the supervisor and the imperial uncle were both treacherous officials. However, Dongyue's Imperial Uncle, Great Sima Gou Xin, was a model of loyalty. Unfortunately, although Gou Xin held military power, he was weak and afraid of danger. The entire Dongyue Royal Family was supported by the Eldest Princess Gou Ling alone.
But the Eldest Princess was a woman after all. In the Central Plains, the world is governed by etiquette. No matter how powerful a woman was, how resourceful she was, or how illustrious her background was, she could not escape the shackles of marriage. The Eldest Princess was no exception.
The reason why the officials of Dongyue were willing to compromise with the Eldest Princess and watch her rise day by day. It was because they knew that when the Eldest Princess reached the age of marriage, she would eventually have to get married. And everything that belonged to the Eldest Princess before, whether the Eldest Princess was willing or not, would become her dowry and belong to her husband's family.
This year, the Eldest Princess reached the age of marriage, and the civil and military aristocratic families of Dongyue finally returned to their granaries. However, the Eldest Princess did not announce which family she would set up a marriage alliance with. Thus, the plot was revealed.
Outside the city, the commander of the Royal Guards was accused of colluding with the Turks and was killed in his tent.
In the city, the commander of the city guards was reported by his deputy commander for embezzling his pay and secretly selling bows, crossbows, sabers, and armor. The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of War were sent to the military prison.
All the people in charge of the departments, provinces, prefectures, yamen, officers, yamen, constables, soldiers, and those in power who were related to the Eldest Princess were all punished with all kinds of " irrefutable evidence ", imprisoned, and beheaded. Gradually losing their patience, the powerful families of Dongyue sharpened their knives and forced the Eldest Princess to abdicate.
Only the imperial guards were like a lonely duckweed. They were struggling to hold on under the dark clouds. This was the last bit of dignity that the Dongyue's powerful families left for the Eldest Princess.
If the Eldest Princess did not decide to marry into the He family. In that case, the East Yue Imperial Family would no longer be qualified to be a decent mascot. From now on, the East Yue Imperial Family would only be reduced to a puppet in the hands of the aristocratic families.
Finally, the Eldest Princess issued the marriage contract. Within a day, officials and scribes from the thirteen provinces of Dongyue, seven in the south, six in the north, all read out the Eldest Princess 'marriage contract to the people of Dongyue."The world is looking for a son-in-law! All the people in Dongyue. Regardless of whether they were rich or poor, tall or short, fat or thin, old or ugly, young or handsome, as long as they were not married and had not committed any unpardonable crimes, they could enter the capital for an examination on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. The Eldest Princess would set up a 'civil and military examination' and the final winner would become the Dongyue Prince Consort, the Eldest Princess's husband.”
"A stroke of genius, hahaha, a stroke of genius! We cut off her military power, but we didn't expect that she could use those literature and history scribes who had no soldiers and no power to forcefully drag us, who were playing chess, into this chess game. Such a flawless jade that was wise in the face of danger really complemented my Wenquxing!”The East Yue's prime minister, Cai Wei, stroked his beard and took a sip of the Jade Dragon Jade, a specialty of the South Province of East Yue. He laughed heartily.
"Everyone, it's not peaceful in Lingzhou this year. Even the palace had cut off the supply of jade dragons from before the Ming Dynasty.”The supply in the palace had been cut off, but not in his residence.
"Minister Cai, let's put aside the tea for now. Now that bandits were everywhere, it was not a big deal for the nobles in the palace to drink less tea.
On the other hand, the Eldest Princess still dared to backfire at this point. Such a resolute and fierce woman, only my family's leopard dragon general can completely control her.”When General Pan Mei heard Cai Meng say that the Eldest Princess and his Cai family grandson complemented each other, he was immediately unhappy.
" Even if you praise your grandson to the heavens and even use your power to create momentum, so what if he's the reincarnation of a literary star? If you have the ability, put your grandson's name on the top ten officials and ten youths of the Heaven Roll! I'll use gold to make a five-foot-tall 'submit' character for you.'Of course, these were just Pan Mei's thoughts. He wasn't stupid enough to say such offensive truths for no reason and provoke that old fox Cai Meng.
"Aren't you tired of talking like this? Let's just say it openly. Now, the entire country knew that the Eldest Princess was going to choose a son-in-law. We can stop thousands, tens of thousands of people. But they could not stop the people of Dongyue. Grand Elder Cai, Great General Pan, aren't you afraid that someone has really overpowered the crowd and passed the Eldest Princess 'three civil and military tests? If none of the younger generations of our families can take in the Eldest Princess. Then all these years, you and I have been helping others.”Yuwen Nu, the head of the Yuwen family, the number one family in Dongyue, spoke bluntly. He did not show any respect or humility when facing the two leaders of Dongyue.
Don't look at Yuwen Nu, there was a slave word in his name. However, this slave was not a slave of the East Yue, but a slave of the ruler of the most powerful country, the Great Turkic Khan Ashina Yugu, who had come to the East Yue for wealth. To put it bluntly, Yuwen Nu was the Tu Jue, the representative of benefits in Dongyue.
He sold Turkic leather and gold to Dongyue. He then sold the medicinal herbs, tea leaves, beans, wine, cloth and oil of Dongyue back to the Turks. That silver was as easy to earn as drawing water from a river. In addition, he had the backing of the Turkic King. Therefore, in Dongyue, there were not many people who could make Yuwen Nu afraid.
"Hahaha, Yuwen family head, please calm down. Your information is already outdated." Cai Wei was proud and laughed.
"What do you mean?" Yuwen Nu asked shamelessly.
"Now, it's the civil and martial trials. The third trial had been changed to a military trial. Even if someone who was skilled in both martial arts and martial arts really popped out from some corner. "The 100,000 Royal Guards under me will also flatten that lone peasant in the third trial.”Pan Mei replied,
Speaking of which, it was Great General Pan who had used the excuse of cleaning up the security in the capital region to send heavy troops to surround the Grand Sima and the Eldest Princess's residence, forcing Gou Xin and the Eldest Princess to agree to change the test for the third test.
"I'm afraid that this will be more in line with the Eldest Princess 'wishes.”Yuwen Nu frowned.
"What do you mean?" Pan Mei asked.
"Patriarch Yuwen is worried that the fisherman will benefit from the fight between the crane and the mussel. When we fight, we fight with true fire. No matter how many casualties there were, there would always be conflicts between them. What if the Saint Children of the three families were killed by a hidden death warrior assassin during the military battle? We mistakenly thought that we had killed each other. At that time, it would not be as simple as having a grudge against each other. They might even fall out on the spot and fight to the death. From then on, the three families completely broke off." Cai Meng was indeed a crafty old fox, he saw through the Eldest Princess 'hidden killer move at a glance.
"This little girl is really ruthless! I'm a little worried about letting my son marry such a vicious woman. Why don't we just…”Pan Mei broke out in a cold sweat. To be honest, he really didn't want his son to marry the Eldest Princess.
'Motherf * cker, even father and son are not as scheming as this woman!'
"Great General, be careful with your words! We are different from the Yuwen family head. In the end, the Gou Clan was also the orthodox faction of the East Yue. If they didn't stand in front of the stage, the other ten countries would have an excuse to send troops to attack. At that time, there will only be one outcome for you and me. That was to cook the rabbit to death! The rebels can live, but the traitors must die. This is the bottom line of the world's emperors!" Cai Rong, who had always been gentle and refined, suddenly stood up. His voice was fierce, and he gritted his teeth as he glared at General Pan Mei and growled.
"Elder, don't be angry. The Great General didn't mean what he said. You don't have to fear me. We're actually all in the same boat. I'm afraid that without the Gou Clan, the two of you will end up being cooked. How could my Yuwen family not be worried that they would be hidden away?”Yuwen Nu felt that it was no longer important for the three families to marry the Eldest Princess. The Yuwen family and the Cai and Pan families had finally spoken openly.
"Using the Gou family to command the East Yue! Only because of flattery and treachery to make courtiers live, do not rise up to rebel and claim to be emperor and die. From now on, the three countries of Dongyue will be divided into three parts. Isn't it very happy? I have a plan to get rid of the Eldest Princess's killer move. I wonder if the two of you are willing to listen?"
"Yuwen Nu will obey the orders of the pavilion elder.”"Pan Mei, listen to Zaifu's orders."
"The three of us will draw lots to decide who will become the East Yue Prince Consort.'Before drawing lots, each of the three clans took out a gift as compensation to the other two clans. After drawing lots, the one who won the princess would hand over the prepared gifts, and the other two would completely withdraw from the fight for the prince consort. He did not give the Gou family a chance to fan the flames and fish in troubled waters.”
"Good!" "Good!"
The marriage of a princess of a country was decided by the three great families of Dongyue by drawing lots. There was nothing like this.
Just as the three great families of Dongyue were about to form an alliance and draw lots to decide who the eldest princess would be.
In the Golden Brick Stronghold of Mount Zhongyue, thousands of miles away from the capital of Dongyue, the forty-five most powerful families in Dongyue were also arguing over who should be the chief of Dongyue's Green Forest.
First, let's talk about what's so amazing about these forty-five horses? Give a few examples.
On the Great Roc Mountain, 800 poisonous soldiers and generals who were good at using plague and poison had beaten the surrounding three villages of 40,000 people into submission.
In Yaozikou, the entire village had more than five thousand blacksmiths. Seventy percent of the weapons and armor in the entire Dongyue Greenwood Road were forged by them.
In Golden Eagle Ridge, hundreds of scholars who had escaped from Western Shu had become bandits. Instead of researching how to rob, they had set up a Green Forest Academy. He even compiled a set of specialized teaching materials that were tailored to the students of the Green Forest Academy.
Then, he taught more than 90 outstanding talents in the Green Forest who were the ones who spoke the truth in a small village with a thousand people.
Now that the Green Forest Academy in Golden Eagle Ridge was in Dongyue, it was like the Green Forest Imperial College. There were countless village masters and leaders who wanted to send their children there.
Mount Qingluan was known for having ghosts that couldn't be delivered, but there were no people that couldn't be cured.
A group of quack doctors who were good at treating internal and external injuries and difficult diseases had given up their good jobs as doctors and started to occupy the mountain as their king.
Black Stork Ravine had two Fort Masters. One of them was a Thief and the other was a walking dictionary of the Green Forest. The two of them were the biggest information sellers in the entire Green Forest of Dongyue.
Originally, these forty-five Fort Masters had gathered here to elect the person who was revered as the number one person in Dongyue's Green Forest, the chief of the eight hundred mile water stronghold in Zhongyue Mountain, and Shan Tong as the chief of Dongyue's Green Forest Path. He didn't expect that this Chief Shan was unwilling to be the leader of the Green Forest that everyone else wanted. "Why don't you want to sit on the top seat of the Dongyue Greenwood Road?"”Dan Tong only said,"We'll know in three days."”As for the rest, no matter how much the crowd said, he just smiled and said nothing.
Three days later, the top spot of the Dongyue Greenwood Road was finally no longer empty. The person who was elected by everyone to sit on it was not a single person, but a handsome young master in his twenties. After that, a piece of shocking news spread throughout the world.
The eldest princess of Dongyue was getting married, and the husband she married was actually the new head of Dongyue's Green Forest Dao! The Eldest Princess of Dongyue had actually chosen a horse to be the Prince Consort? Before everyone in the world could digest this strange news, Dongyue experienced a huge change.
Dongyue's son-in-law recruited 130,000 horses from Dongyue's Green Forest to form a new army. The original number one person of Dongyue's Green Forest, Shan Tong, the chief of the Zhongyue Mountain Stronghold, was appointed as the vice marshal of the Dongyue's new army.
The East Yue Prince Consort, who was the commander of the new army, chose ten thousand elites from the new army to build his own army, named Weirdo. For a time, regardless of whether it was in court or in the wild, the three great families of Dongyue, led by the three great families of Dongyue, were completely silent.
Could it be that these aristocratic families who had dominated Dongyue for many years would be afraid of a mere 130,000 horses? Yes, they were really afraid. The Dongyue army had not seen blood for almost twenty years. The so-called bandit suppression was just a bluff after receiving the other party's money. However, this new army of 130,000 soldiers from the Green Forest was a desperate group of people who licked blood on the edge of a knife.
In the past, they were scattered all over the place, like a plate of loose sand, fighting their own battles. Now, they had united as one, and they were finally able to achieve their goals.
What made the three aristocratic families even more despairing was that the new Prince Consort was actually a first-grade Celestial Realm expert. Moreover, he wasn't an ordinary Heaven Tier elite, but one of the top ten on the Heaven Roll, one of the ten strongest people in the world! This time, even assassinating him in secret was impossible.
Immediately after, the new Prince Consort made another move. He did not directly reduce taxes and affect the fundamental interests of the three aristocratic families.
Instead, he collected a lot of silver from the horse supply centers that had pledged allegiance to the Eldest Princess.‘Xingmeng School to teach children from poor families to read and count for free.‘Build an orphanage to support the homeless elderly. He also deliberately gave in to the three aristocratic families on important matters, cultivating and promoting a large number of middle and low-level civil officials and military officers. This caused the royal family of Dongyue, which the Eldest Princess represented, to have a high reputation among the commoners and low-level civil officials. Furthermore, Uncle Gou Xin was in charge of half of the East Yue army.
The hearts of the people, the military power, and the civil and military officials at the bottom were all in the hands of the emperor.
He was proficient in literary talent, military strategy, political stratagem, and mental tactics.
Dongyue's son-in-law won the beam bed, Dongyue scenery, occupied 60%.
"Liyang Annals" records: "The so-called 'Wu Zhuang' is to teach the people martial arts when they are idle, to ensure the peace of the territory, to protect the transportation of goods within the territory, to support the consumption, and to assist the army in times of war to calm the peace.”
Jinzhou Yi County, there are Anping, Santai, Yulong, Yong word camp, four Wuzhuang.
The Anping Martial Village was funded by the wealthy Sun Anping. He hired local masters from Jinzhou at a high price. The chief instructor was Fu Jiapo, a third-grade Martial Master with Thunderclap in his left hand. He wielded Thunderclap Saber Technique with his left hand, which made him 70% fiercer. There were also three fourth-grade martial artists, spear, saber, sword, and fists, as instructors. Among the four martial villages, martial strength, arrogance, and arrogance were the best. They had long had the intention of annexing the other three martial villages.
Santai Wuzhuang was founded by Iron Leg Fu Tu and his younger brother, Little Abacus Fu Sheng, who were famous escorts of the former No.1 Escort Agency in Jinzhou. Both of them were Rank-4 martial artists. Most of the escorts in the Wuzhuang were tired of fighting and left Jinzhou Escort Agency. Fu Tu and Fu Sheng seemed honest, but they had been taking advantage of the conflicts between the other three families to benefit from both sides.
Most of the soldiers in the Yong Battalion were disabled and retired old soldiers in Jinzhou Border Army. Lin Hujiao, the leader of the Yong Battalion, was a Class 3 Martial Master. He was the former general of the Tiger Battalion in Jinzhou Border Army. In order to find a way out for the old soldiers who retired due to sickness and aging, he voluntarily asked for retirement from the army when he was in his prime. He established the Yong Battalion in Yi County. Yuan Hua, the general of the border army, wrote a letter of " 67 Military Law Stickers " to him.
Fishermen and hunters were the majority of the people in Fishermen Martial Manor. It was the weakest of the four martial mansions, and it was supported by the old manor master, a Rank-4 martial artist, and the benevolent hero Shen Yangquan. Not long ago, Shen Yangquan had been hunting bears for gall to save an old brother who had been angered by the death of his only son on the battlefield. He had died of serious injuries while hunting bears. Shen Nirong, the only daughter of the old manor master, took over the Fish-dragon Martial Manor.
On the day before Shen Yangquan's funeral, the chief instructor of Anping Martial Manor, Fu Jiapo, personally arranged a marriage for Li Ergou, the crippled coachman of the Martial Manor.
"Thank you for your kindness, Manor Lord! Never in his dreams did Ergou expect that a crippled man like me, who had no land or money, could marry a woman. From now on, as long as you say the word, I will risk my life for you, even if I have to give up the four and a half catties on my shoulder. I will die for you, Villa Lord!”Li Ergou knelt in front of Fu Jiapo, crying his eyes out. As he swore, he patted his chest loudly. His wrinkled, yellowed face was flushed red from his agitation.
Fu Jiapo looked at Li Ergou, who kept showing his loyalty to him, and felt that life was unpredictable. Back then, Li Ergou was also the head actor of the You Family's class in Jinzhou Prefecture. However, this fellow was not virtuous. One year, during the birthday banquet of the You Family's class master, Li Ergou boasted to the class master that he had taken care of the entire You Family's class, including the class master, and asked the class master to bow to him. One had to know that on the day of the birthday banquet, the person celebrating the birthday only bowed to the parents who gave birth to him. This was called "not forgetting the roots" and also called "thanking the parents for giving birth."
Li Ergou had asked the class monitor to bow to him on his birthday, which was a metaphor for him to be the father of the class monitor. In the end, the class monitor flew into a rage out of humiliation. He ordered his men to break one of Li Ergou's legs and chase him out of Jinzhou Prefecture. In the Anping Martial Manor, a small leader who liked to listen to opera saw that Li Ergou was pitiful, so he introduced him to the Anping Martial Manor as a coachman.‘In the past, he was a high-spirited actor, but today he is busy raising horses with his lame feet.'
"My Anping Martial Manor has hundreds of knives. How can you risk your life? Ergou, are you satisfied with the marriage that I have set for you?”
"Satisfied, satisfied. I'm a thousand times more satisfied.”
"Tomorrow, I'll arrange for you to marry her. You won't feel rushed, right?”
"No, no. I'm not afraid that you'll laugh at me. Ever since this leg was broken, I've been holding it in for more than ten years. I can't wait to go to the bridal chamber tonight.”
"Ergou, tomorrow in this small Yi County, we won't be the only ones doing things. The Fisherman Martial Manor will also be going through an official burial tomorrow. The Feng Shui master found by both sides was the same person. The wedding and burial were arranged at the same time and on the same official road. Although you are just a horsekeeper, the people of our Tranquil Martial Manor are not inferior to anyone even if you are just a horsekeeper. Therefore, if the two families really clash tomorrow, you don't have to be afraid. With the master and hundreds of knives in the entire village, they will never watch you suffer. I'm telling you this to tell you that no matter what happens tomorrow, you just have to remember the word " don't be afraid ". Everything will be decided by the master.”
"I will remember this. Even if those hunters and fishermen from Fishery Dragon Martial Manor break my good leg tomorrow, I will not be afraid.”
"Alright, go and rest. There will be a good show tomorrow. You are the star of the show.”
That night, there was a lame man who couldn't sleep because of his marriage.
That night, an orphan girl wept because of the funeral.
On this night, those who were blinded by greed were confident.
This night, those who fought against injustice had a cheap plan.
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