All Hail Cousin Brother

When the Yamen is promoted to court and the case is heard openly, it means that the relevant people and physical evidence have been further grasped, and the case has made a breakthrough.

Liu Dagen's death seems complicated, but it is actually not difficult to investigate. With Ye Xiaoci's ability, this case can be solved in three to five days.

Only a good doctor can tell the difference between true and false bezoars.

After sorting through it carefully, Yu Youyao had a clear understanding of many recent events.

The three forces of the vassal, the government, and the gentry restrained each other, forming a stable, deep-rooted check and balance that was difficult to break.

The first time that the situation of checks and balances was broken was the large-scale invasion by the Di people. Regardless of victory or defeat, it seriously threatened the interests of the gentry.

The gentry themselves did not have the strength to truly confront the feudal king. The checks and balances were based on the position that the three parties were equal in strength and no one could shake the other.

The addition of former Weining Marquis and now Ning Yuanbo tilted the focus of checks and balances towards the gentry, so that the government did not dare to interfere. In the end, it ended with the tragic death of King Zhou Li's family.

What broke the balance for the second time was this sudden drought.

This drought has caused some subtle changes in the interests of the three parties.

Princess Shaoyi planted sweet potatoes, which alleviated the drought in the north. King Wu Mu, who helped Princess Shaoyi and promoted sweet potato cultivation among the people, gained an advantage under the situation of checks and balances among the three parties.

The center of gravity of checks and balances began to tilt towards King Wu Muding of the North.

Later, King Wu Mu's body recovered, which made the gentry confused. They did not dare to sit still and wait for death. They tried to repeat the old plan and used the method used to deal with King Zhou Li to restrain the You army in terms of supplies and further achieve the goal of containing King Wu Mu.

At this point, the checks and balances relationship has further cracked.

The gentry didn't know it, just because they had a gold medal in their hands to avoid death.

The imperial court reused King Wu Mu and even gave him a lot of honors because King Wu Mu could stabilize the situation in the north.

But at the same time, the imperial court also sent Ning Changbo, a veteran who had fought side by side with King Wu Mu in the battle of Shandong to suppress the rebellion. On the surface, it was because King Wu Mu had disabled legs and could not He went to the battlefield, but actually it was for Chang Ningbo to replace King Wu Mu in guarding the northern border.

In fact, it was to eliminate the northern vassal rule.

Military generals guarding the northern border reassured the court more than the feudal king.

It has to be said that the emperor's plan is really clever and his abacus is too precise.

However, King Wu Mu's sudden recovery undoubtedly failed the emperor's plan. While the emperor valued King Wu Mu and Dingbei, he also feared him even more.

The gentry restrained King Wu Mu, which was the result of trying to figure out the holy will.

But in Yu Youyao's view, this is an act of seeking death. Once the balance of checks and balances is broken, someone will always fall victim to interests, and King Zhou Li's family is the first.

But King Zhou Li was killed tragically before, and Yin Huaixi would never become the second.

This is the best time for Yin Huaixi to deal with the gentry.

Yin Huaixi knew very well that in order to overthrow the "gentry", he must first obtain the support of the court.

The court's trust in the gentry needed to be broken.

Yin Huaixi quietly began to make plans, intending to further disrupt the three-party checks and balances. On the one hand, he deliberately took in refugees in Liaodong areas where supplies were relatively abundant, and actively assisted the court in disaster relief.

This is the result that the court wants to see.

Let the world see that when faced with drought, the imperial court was not helpless and did nothing.

Further gained the court's trust.

However, those gentry who were indifferent in the face of disaster naturally aroused criticism from the people and made the court dissatisfied.

After taking in a large number of refugees, food became the [biggest] problem.

How to solve this problem, Yin Huaixi naturally invited Princess Shaoyi to come to the north to help promote sweet potato cultivation in the name of further expanding sweet potato cultivation and alleviating the drought in the north, and obtained the support of Xie Mansion in Quanzhou.

At that time, the royalist party was still in charge of the Queen Mother, and Princess Shaoyi belonged to the royalist faction. She was impartial and only wanted to assist the country. The courtiers were happy to see all this happen.

This move won strong support from the courtiers.

Yin Huaixi further gained the court's trust, and the cracks in checks and balances became wider and wider.

After thoroughly controlling the situation, Yin Huaixi began to induce the wind direction in the refugee camp. The victims fled to Liaodong, where they will inevitably settle down in the future. However, there is a lack of supplies in the north. How will such a large number of victims be accommodated?

Teach the victims how to raise silkworms, fish, etc. If the refugees have skills, will they be able to live in peace and contentment?

of course not!

The resources in the northern border are actually controlled by the gentry. Without the support of the gentry, there is no way for the large number of refugees to survive in the northern border.

The target of the attack was directed at the gentry, further aggravating the court's dissatisfaction with the gentry.

It wasn't until this moment that Yu Youyao suddenly realized.

In an earlier conversation with her grandfather, her grandfather mentioned the various "national policies" implemented by Emperor Gaozu in the northern region. She was enlightened, and she suddenly thought of using "national policies" to take in refugees and resettle them. Refugees can increase the population in the north and solve the dilemma of low productivity and insufficient supplies.

But what if Yin Huaixi contributed to all of this?

Yin Huaixi helped the court solve the problem of refugees. Taking in the refugees was in the interests of the court and King Wu Mu. King Wu Mu and the court had reached an agreement on their interests, and the relationship of interest was unbreakable.

However, the resettlement of the refugees required the strong cooperation of the local gentry, which seriously violated the interests of the gentry.

The calculations, one after another, seem complicated, but in fact they are just to completely destroy the court's trust in the gentry step by step.

When the interests of the court conflicted with the interests of the gentry, the gentry unknowingly became the opposite of the court.

Millions of disaster victims gathered in the northern border. The gentry only made symbolic donations and did not provide strong support. This in itself was not in the interest of the imperial court.

Are they audacious and ignoring national policy?

no!

Are they too stupid to ignore the disaster?

Neither!

Are they unable to see the situation clearly and ignoring the court?

Still not.

But they have fallen into a dilemma under King Wu Mu's careful layout.

On the one hand, he was trying to figure out the Holy Heart and did not dare to give too much support to King Wu Mu, so as to allow King Wu Mu to gain power, so as not to arouse the emperor's suspicion. If the nobles were involved in the relationship with the vassal king, it would be called a disaster.

On the other hand, the death of King Zhou Li has caused most of the gentry to turn against King Wu Mu. This kind of hatred between the country and the family is irreconcilable. The gentry has no way out. Let them ignore the national policy. They don't have the courage, so they have to " "Perfunctory" national policy, trying to use materials to further hinder King Wu Mu.

If the lack of supplies leads to trouble in the refugee camps, such as riots, epidemics, etc., this is the result that the gentry wants to see.