All Hail Cousin Brother

Yin Huaixi slightly raised the corners of his lips, but his tone remained calm: "In at least three years, the world of the Zhou Dynasty will have completely changed."

Three years!

To the almanac, it is just a blink of an eye, but to the millions of people in the world, it is cruel and long.

"It's been so long." Yu Youyao also knew that the troubles of the vassal kings were not eliminated by injustice. Throughout the past dynasties, it was not uncommon for people in the same room to fight for the throne, let alone kings of the opposite sex? !

Emperor Gaozu had great ambitions, and he cut off vassals and ruled because the new dynasty was just established, and everything was in ruins waiting to be revitalized. At that time, the foreign nations were powerful and ready to move, and they needed generals who were good at conquering and fighting to guard them.

After Emperor Gaozu ascended the throne, he said: "The world is so big that it is necessary to build a vassal screen to protect the country at the top and provide safety for the people at the bottom. Now that the new dynasty has been established, you and I will guard it together. It is appropriate for each country to have a title and separate the towns."

The general idea is that the world is so big that it cannot be defended by just one emperor. It must be divided into vassals and ruled to defend the country and the people. Now that a new dynasty has been established, I will fulfill my promise of righteousness and guard the country together with my ministers. The ministers divide the towns into various areas and guard the fertile territory, so that the Zhou Dynasty can prosper for thousands of generations.

Only then did the Zhou Dynasty have separate vassal kings to rule.

This move gave Emperor Gaozu unprecedented prestige. Later, Emperor Gaozu raised his arms and attacked wherever he pointed. He was unstoppable and defeated Beidi, Nanman, Xili, and Dongrong successively.

It created a peaceful and prosperous situation for hundreds of years after the Zhou Dynasty.

However, as the vassal kings guarded the vassal territory for generations, their ambitions inevitably grew. By the time of Emperor Xianzong, the vassal kings had already become a disaster.

Why did the late emperor value civility over military affairs?

On the surface, it seems to be aimed at military generals and to recuperate.

But in fact, everyone with a discerning eye knows that it was the vassal kings that the late emperor really suppressed. By the late emperor, the vassal kings' strength had been greatly reduced, and the elimination of the vassals was in sight.

It is a pity that the late emperor was always brooding over the death of Concubine Hui, so he became ill from overwork and died in the prime of his life.

The current emperor's Northern Expedition ruined most of the late emperor's hard work and reignited the vassal king's ambitions.

The death of King Zhou Li further intensified the vassal king's rebellion.

Yu Youyao suddenly thought of the imperfect grassland terrain map she had seen in Yin Huaixi's study. As early as when Yin Huaixi was young, he had sent spies deep into the grassland to explore the grassland terrain. It has been ten years now.

It can be seen that Yin Huaixi has long had the intention of the Northern Expedition.

If King Zhou Li does not die, and the father and son go to the battlefield to quell the Northern Expedition first, then why worry about the vassal rule being unfair? !

All I can say is that this is all God’s will.

Now, Yin Huaixi is just following the destiny, taking back everything that belongs to their father and son, and creating another peaceful and prosperous era.

Yu Youyao took a deep breath: "Throughout history, it is very rare for dynasties to change in just three years to change the world."

Yin Huaixi changed the subject: "According to the national funeral etiquette, it is not uncommon for the Queen Mother to remain inactive for two or three years. The royal family has secret spices that can keep the body from rotting for decades. The emperor has not yet established a heir. The new emperor has not ascended the throne, so Shouyan Palace is temporarily vacant and can be used as a place to rest."

If the new emperor ascends the throne, the Queen Mother's phoenix body will be moved to Fengxian Hall.

Yu Youyao felt confident and said: "In that case, I don't have to return to the capital for the national funeral for the time being. I will write a eulogy and send it to the capital to express my condolences."

Yin Huaixi nodded: "It should be so."

The imperial court's crusade documents were also very quick: "Rebellious ministers like Liang are thieves, and rebellious ministers are thieves. I have been appointed by heaven to rule the world. My brothers and sisters bow to each other, and I establish myself with filial piety..."

The following is a detailed list of some of the emperor's benevolent deeds since he ascended the throne, including his many meritorious deeds during his reign: respecting the Queen Mother, not accepting new ideas, mitigating floods, promoting national policies, and eliminating disasters for the people.

Although it is an exaggeration, it is not entirely groundless.

Behind these achievements, the Queen Mother was the driving force, and the book of condemnation borrowed from the Queen Mother's virtue.

Later, the imperial court condemned, criticized and criticized the King of Liang from the standpoint of morality and integrity: "If you eat the emperor's salary, you should worry about the people of the world. The oaths in the court are still in your ears. How can you forget your heart when you are loyal? Today, the Liang thieves, with The minister committed regicide and destroyed the normal etiquette..."

Yang Yang made a long speech, mentioning that the King of Liang was unfaithful and unjust, unbenevolent and unbelieving, and rude and unwise.

At the end: "We call on all the people with lofty ideals in the world to fight against the Liang thieves and rebel against the party. The various prefectures and counties are prepared to use their anger to stabilize the country. Once the rebellion of the Liang king is eliminated, the Liang thieves are wiped out, so that all the people can find their place and restore the country." My country is safe and the world is at peace!"

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, wars were everywhere, and everyone was in danger.

In just two months, King Liang was so powerful that he conquered Quanzhou and occupied the most prosperous city on the southeast coast.

It was only then that the courtiers came to their senses. During this period of love, all the abnormalities in Quanzhou were not caused by the Japanese pirates, but because the king of Liang secretly crossed to Chencang.

The Marquis of Zhenguo was vaguely aware of the anomalies in Quanzhou because of the Song Crown Prince. Earlier in the court, he strongly suggested that he send a supervisor to inspect the southeastern coast, but he met with fierce opposition from Concubine Lan's faction.

The Marquis of Zhenguo suffered from the lack of evidence, so the inspection went unsolved.

This gave Thief Liang an opportunity to take advantage of him.

Concubine Lan was inevitably accused of "causing harm to the country and causing chaos in government".

The second prince was also to blame and was forced to resign from his post in the Military Aircraft Department.

The house leaked and it rained all night. The first minister, Yu Zongshen, personally tried the case of Ning Yuanbo, calming down the protests and disputes caused by the cheating in the scientific examination both inside and outside the government, and won the fans of thousands of students all over the world.

At the same time, Uncle Ningyuan colluded with the Di people, conspired with the King of Liang, persecuted King Zhou Li, formed a clique for personal gain, killed Zhongliang, etc., and more than 30 crimes surfaced.

Ning Yuanbo collaborated with the enemy and committed treason, and the evidence was conclusive.

Concubine Lan was immediately deprived of her position and relegated to the cold palace. Empress Ning seized the Phoenix Seal and took charge of the harem. She was so popular that even Concubine Xu had to avoid her influence.

The second prince was implicated and imprisoned in the palace.

What to do next? As a minister, Yu Zongshen could not overstep the imperial authority. He had to wait until the new emperor came to the throne after the crown prince was established before he could deal with it.

After all, there is no way to escape death.

The fourth prince, who had always kept a low profile, naturally took over the government affairs of the second prince in the military aircraft department, began to intervene in military affairs, and by chance became the prince with the highest reputation for being crown prince.

The radical faction within the royalist party that supported Empress Ning also took advantage of the victory and spared no effort to recruit, suppress, and cut off the members of Concubine Lan's faction.

The tree fell and Hu Xun dispersed, and the courtiers who supported the second prince turned to Empress Ning one after another in order to protect themselves.

Concubine Lan worked hard at every step and planned for many years, but she made wedding clothes for Empress Ning and the fourth prince.

No one expected that the first one to fall would be the second prince who seemed to be the most promising to win the title of crown prince, which made people sigh for a while.

But Yu Youyao knew that this was the ending arranged by Yin Huaixi for Concubine Lan and the second prince. At that time, King Zhou Li was detained and tortured to death on charges of collaborating with the enemy and treason.