Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens.

Chapter 380 The key to pacifying the Luo bandits is the Jia family? The cancer of our Daqing!

Snapped.

A teacup was thrown to the ground with great force and shattered into pieces in an instant.

The current ruler, wearing a dragon robe, held in his hand the information about Luofu that had just been delivered to him. His face turned red with anger and veins bulged.

"This is the noble of Daqing. He is so unscrupulous and oppresses the people. For a piece of so-called jade material that he has never seen before, he forced a student's family to be destroyed and even forced him to become a rebel."

Today's anger is obviously excessive.

However, this performance was purely Xiang Zhuang's sword dance, aimed at Pei Gong.

Although inside the palace, the eunuchs and palace maids were so frightened that they knelt on the ground trembling with fear.

But in fact, these words were mostly spoken to the sleepy retired emperor beside him.

Although he looks very old, Tai Shang is obviously young at heart.

In response to the Emperor's indirect criticism, the Taishang's seemingly cloudy eyes flashed with a moment of shame and anger, and said, "Your Majesty, the most urgent task now is not to worry about the culprit. The problems of the Ning and Rong mansions can be dealt with after the Luo Tian army in Yangzhou is dealt with. The most important thing now is how to deal with this Luofu."

"Father." The Emperor took a deep breath and said, "You have also seen that these nobles have completely become a cancer in Daqing. Haven't you seen the memorials sent by those university scholars? To say that these bastards are more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything is a compliment. If we cannot solve the troubles they bring, Daqing will probably become a short-lived dynasty."

"Assholes." The Emperor shouted angrily, "Your Majesty, don't forget that the reason why we have the world of Daqing is that the ancestors of these people worked day and night, climbed on ice and slept in the snow, and experienced countless bloody battles. Only then did we have the world of Daqing today. These people have violated the law of the country. The Emperor can punish them, of course, but he must not let the old ministers feel cold. You must know that it is easy to lose people's hearts, but it is difficult to win their hearts. Let me ask you, if they are mean and ungrateful, who would be willing to work for my family?"

The emperor's face flushed red, but he had to admit that what the emperor said did make sense. The emperor needed the support of his ministers, and in a dynasty and a country, it was even more important to pay attention to clear rewards and punishments.

Unfortunately, Taishang overlooked an important point, that is, in the eyes of the current emperor, the nobles have enjoyed wealth and glory for generations. Even if they did have the merits of founding the country, so many generations of grace and glory are enough to make up for their efforts back then.

But now, in the eyes of the current emperor, each and every noble is like a parasite on the country, eroding the foundation of the Daqing Dynasty at every moment.

If the Supreme Emperor had not been hindering him, the Current Emperor would have probably settled accounts with those nobles long ago.

In the eyes of the emperor, the fall of any nobleman can allow Daqing to regain some resentment, and if those parasites can be completely eliminated, Daqing will surely be able to enjoy peace and prosperity.

The Emperor Taishang was able to sit firmly on the throne for so many years, and even after his abdication, he repeatedly made things difficult for the Emperor. How could he not see the Emperor's little tricks?

With a long sigh in his heart, Taishang said: "Emperor, how do you think I, Daqing, should treat this Luo Tian thief now?"

"Send an army to attack." The emperor gritted his teeth, looking as if he hated Luofu to the core.

Although the emperor felt sympathy for Luofu's situation after investigating Luofu's intelligence, as a feudal emperor, he cared more about his own throne.

In his opinion, you can feel wronged and you can appeal, but you must never spread chaos in the world in this way.

Don’t even think about actually doing it, let alone actually doing it!
However, Luofu occupied Yangzhou and cut off the canal.

You know, as the capital of Daqing, Beijing cannot be self-sufficient simply by relying on the north. Even the necessary food needs to be transported from the south of the Yangtze River to the north through the canal.

But under such circumstances, Luofu captured Yangzhou and cut off the canal.

This is almost a challenge to the bottom line of the entire Daqing.

Is it tolerable or not? !

Even in the minds of both the current emperor and the retired emperor, Luofu's actions were much more serious than those of a few corrupt officials.

"Where will the troops come from?" The Supreme One said slowly and calmly, "Who will lead the troops? How will we fight? How long will the fight last? Before the troops move, the food and fodder must go first. What if the war doesn't go well?"

After a series of questions, the emperor pondered for a moment, then he spoke decisively: "Wang Ziteng, isn't he the governor of the Beijing Camp? Let him lead the elite troops of the Beijing Camp to the south. Although Luo Bandit has captured Yangzhou, he is just a scholar after all. He relied on a sneak attack with internal and external support, and seized Yangzhou, but he has not taken any action yet. It is obvious that he is just a bandit. It is expected that with the elite troops of the Beijing Camp, it will not take long to recover Yangzhou."

The Supreme Emperor looked at the Emperor helplessly and said, "Emperor, do you really know the situation of the Beijing Camp?"

"Of course." The emperor said in confusion, "The Beijing Camp is composed of the elite troops of Daqing. It was with these 300,000 brave warriors that Taizu was able to establish Daqing for a hundred years."

"Then do you know how many troops the Beijing Army actually has now? And how many of them are brave enough to fight?"

The emperor's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

Eating free money?
Could it be that, on paper, the 300,000 elite soldiers of Daqing, who were even considered the country's defense force, are now only left with the good-looking numbers on the books?
In an instant, an unprecedented panic surged into Jin Shang's heart.

"Father, the Beijing Camp..."

Tai Shang did not answer directly, but nodded slightly.

"Then...what should I do?"

"Why are you panicking? Daqing has only been established for a hundred years. It's not the time for the edifice to collapse. The people of the world are still in Daqing. But the Supreme One seems to be as stable as a rock.

But now the emperor no longer has the determination to do so.

After all, in the eyes of the current emperor, even the Beijing Camp, which is the real force used by the court to suppress the whole world, only looks good on paper. If Luofu cannot be wiped out in a short period of time, then wouldn't Daqing, which has been established for a hundred years, perish in his hands?

Of course, although the current emperor is in a panic, he is not panicking because he thinks Luofu can change the dynasty.

In fact, in everyone's mind, Luofu is at most a bandit.

Even if he knew about Daqing's weakness, the emperor did not think that Luofu could replace Daqing. In the emperor's view, even if Daqing was destroyed, Luofu would at most be like Zhang Jiao in the late Han Dynasty or Huang Chao in the late Tang Dynasty.

The fear is that if Luofu cannot be dealt with as soon as possible, his existence will make people all over the world see the weakness of Daqing. Once a powerful person develops ambitions, chaos will occur in the world in no time.

What's more terrifying is that if Luofu cannot be resolved as soon as possible, then the existence of Luofu will make Daqing worse and worse.

Eventually the world will fall into a situation where many heroes are vying for supremacy.

Just when the emperor was feeling uneasy.

The Supreme Emperor said, "Emperor, you attach too much importance to those civil officials. You should know that the way to govern a country is to attach equal importance to civil and military affairs. Do you think those university scholars are really so honest and upright? Compared with the military heroes, these officials are just birds of a feather."

Although the emperor looked like he was listening to the instructions, the Supreme Lord, who understood people's hearts, could see that his words were in vain because the emperor did not take his words to heart at all.

After fighting for so long, the core of the conflict between father and son has always been power.

But when it comes to safeguarding Daqing's country and people, the father and son will inevitably stand on the same side.

With a sigh, the Supreme Lord did not continue to persuade him, but said: "Emperor, you don't like what I say now, it doesn't matter, but I want to tell you that you must not take the words of those civil officials as the criterion. You can believe them, but you must have your own ideas and must not obey the civil officials in everything."

After a pause, the Supreme changed the subject and said, "As for dealing with the thief Luo, the Emperor can hand it over to Wang Ziteng as you thought before."

When this was mentioned, the emperor's expression suddenly changed, and he suppressed his inner anger and said: "Father, now in the Beijing camp..."

"I know." The emperor was interrupted by the retired emperor before he could finish his words. "But the court has been maintaining the Beijing camp on paper. As the governor of the Beijing camp, you only need to leave the task of pacifying the Luo bandits to Wang Ziteng."

The moment he finished speaking, Tai Shang looked at the emperor meaningfully.

The emperor thought about it thoughtfully and said, "Is it the Jia family?"

Nodding with a smile, the Supreme said: "That's right, Luo the thief was forced to rebel because of the Jia family. The previous governors of the Beijing camp have always been the Jia family, and now Wang Ziteng was also pushed to the governor of the Beijing camp by the Jia family."

"But even if this thief Luo is dealt with, won't these soldiers still have generals?" The emperor said worriedly.

"That will have to wait until Wang Ziteng returns victorious!" Taishang smiled and said, "In fact, the Beijing Army has long ceased to be the elite of our dynasty. The Imperial Army and the Border Army are the key to the stability of our Daqing."

When he said this, the emperor's face suddenly turned ugly.

The most crucial reason why he was repeatedly at a disadvantage in the battle with the Emperor was that the Imperial Guards were always firmly controlled by the Supreme Emperor.

Even at this point, the father and son are still scheming against each other.

Soon, the decree reached Wang Ziteng's residence.

After receiving the imperial edict, Wang Ziteng rushed to Rongguo Mansion as soon as possible.

Rongguo Mansion.

The Jia family, the Wang family, the Shi family, except for the Xue family who had to retreat to Jinling because Luofu occupied Yangzhou.

Among the four major families, three are now gathered in Rongxi Hall of Rongguo Mansion.

"Old Madam, the emperor has ordered me to lead the Beijing Camp to Yangzhou to quell the rebellion. You are also familiar with this Beijing Camp, and..." Wang Ziteng got straight to the point, "The leader of the bandits who occupied Yangzhou, Luo Fu, was bullied by the servants of the Jia family, and eventually his parents died, so he raised the flag of rebellion."

"Do you mean that my Jia family should take on the responsibility of suppressing the rebellion in Yangzhou?" Jia She may not be good at other things, but he is quite shrewd when it comes to spending money.

As soon as Wang Ziteng opened his mouth, he instantly understood the key.

Wang Ziteng clearly wanted the Jia family to take on the responsibility of quelling the rebellion. But how could the declining Jia family afford such a burden?
Wang Ziteng smiled slightly and looked at the two Shi brothers standing beside him.

The two Shi brothers looked at each other with unpleasant expressions and said, "Master Wang, tell me what you want?"

"List." Wang Ziteng said in an unquestionable tone.

The current Jia family has not actually yet faced the obvious decline that it will face in the future, although the decline has already become inevitable.

However, the Jia family still holds the connections that Wang Ziteng covets.

You know, even Wang Ziteng, the governor of the Beijing camp, was able to take office smoothly with the support of the Jia family.

In fact, the Jia family has been in the position of the governor of the Beijing camp for several generations, and even the governor of the Beijing camp has almost been inherited by the Jia family. Before Wang Ziteng can truly become the legitimate person in power in the four major families, he has to wait until he obtains the Jia family's connections from them.

It was also after that that Grandmother Jia lamented that the Jia family, once a family of two great dukes, had now become a middle-class family.

Having lost the most crucial connections, only an empty plaque-like sign of the Duke's Mansion remained.

In this capital city, it is not surprising that the Jia family considers themselves to be a middle-class family.

Wang Ziteng, on the other hand, made great strides in his career by leveraging the Jia family's connections.

Grandmother Jia leaned back on the chaise longue with a sullen look on her face. She stared at Wang Ziteng for a long time before she sighed helplessly and said, "Okay, I'll give you the list, but this time when we go south to quell the rebellion, there must be people from my Jia family in the army!"

Overjoyed, Wang Ziteng nodded quickly and agreed, saying, "Don't worry, old lady."

Rest assured? No way.

After giving Wang Ziteng a cold look, Grandmother Jia rubbed her swollen and painful forehead.

On the other hand, Jia She's eyes revealed a greedy look, "County Wang, you took my Jia family's things, went south to quell the rebellion, and gained both fame and fortune. I'm afraid it's a bit unreasonable to just bring a few people from the Jia family to gain some credit, right?"

Wang Ziteng, however, looked calm and said, "Then I wonder what Lord En meant?"

"fifty thousand……"

"Shut up." As soon as the eldest son opened his mouth, Jia's mother knew what he wanted to say. She stopped Jia She with increasing anger, waved her hand at Wang Ziteng and the Shi brothers, and said, "Let's leave it at that. I'm old, and I don't want to be with you..."

"Ancestor, Ancestor, help me."

Before Lady Jia could say half of her words, a crying cry for help came from outside Rong Xi Tang, quickly approaching from far away.

In just a moment, Wang Xifeng, with disheveled hair and tears streaming down her face, rushed in with messy clothes.

As soon as she entered the gate of Rong Xi Tang, Wang Xifeng fell to her knees on the ground, and walked towards Jia's mother on her knees, saying, "Grandma, you must save Lian Er. He fell into the hands of the bandits in Yangzhou because he wanted to escort Daiyu."

"What?" Jia She, who had been living a life of drunkenness and dreams in his own courtyard, knew that his son had been arranged to send his niece Lin Daiyu to Yangzhou.

But only then did he seem to realize that his son had fallen into the hands of the bandits.

"Lian'er... Lian'er... how is she now?" Jia She asked Wang Xifeng with a pale face and trembling voice.

You have to know that Jia Lian is Jia She's only legitimate son. Even if he is critical of Jia Lian on weekdays, in the future, the only person Jia She can count on is Jia Lian.

Although it is often said that even a tiger will not eat its own cubs, there are certain prerequisites.

And this sentence was fully proved in the case of Jia She.

No matter how cruel he is, Jia She only has Jia Lian as his legitimate son.

As for Jia Cong, seeing that he is like a nobody in the Jia family, it is not difficult to judge that Jia She does not care about Jia Cong at all.

Even though Jia She often beats and scolds Jia Lian, it does not mean that Jia She does not value Jia Lian.

This is not an inequality, but the operating logic of the patriarchal society in the feudal era.

The so-called holding grandchildren instead of children is actually the same principle, which is just to maintain the authority of patriarchy.

Although Jia She was a worthless person, he was very clear about one thing: his title and other things could only be passed on to his son in the future.

This is also Jia She’s bottom line.

Perhaps it was because he had always ignored Jia Lian that Jia She was completely unable to react. He realized that Jia Lian had fallen into the hands of the thief Luo Tian after he went to Yangzhou.

Seeing Jia She looking as if he had just woken up from a dream, Wang Xifeng, who should have shared the same hatred for the enemy, now felt resentment towards Jia She in her heart.

In fact, in Wang Xifeng's opinion, if Jia She had not treated Jia Lian so little, how could Jia Lian fall into danger?

Of course, this idea is logically rubbish.

But what Wang Xifeng needs now is not logic, but a direction that allows her to vent.

And all along, Jia She did not pay much attention to Jia Lian, and usually either beat or scolded him.

Unfortunately, the word "filial piety" was the unquestionable political correctness in the feudal era. Even Jia She himself, once his grandmother accused him of being unfilial, no matter how unruly he was, had to bow his head and admit his mistakes.

As a daughter-in-law, Wang Xifeng is the same.

"Master Lian... Master Lian is now unknown whether he is dead or alive." Wang Xifeng, with red eyes and tears streaming down her face, said helplessly: "Wang Er who escaped from Yangzhou said... said that Master Lian was captured by that thief Luo Tian."

boom.

Wang Xifeng's words were like a thunderclap that instantly exploded in Jia She's mind. Everything in front of his eyes suddenly went black. After Jia She swayed, he fell on his back.

"Boss." Grandmother Jia stood up suddenly from the chaise longue, but before she could take a step, her vision went dark and she fell headfirst.

The next moment, the entire Jia Mansion was in chaos.

Fortunately, both Jia She and Jia's mother quickly came to their senses.

But this time, they didn't dare to negotiate with Wang Ziteng. After all, Jia Lian was still in the hands of the thief Luo Tian in Yangzhou.

Right now, the most urgent task for the Jia family is to rescue Jia Lian at all costs.

Wang Ziteng, naturally, was very proud to have accepted the network of contacts accumulated by several generations of Duke Rong from the Jia family.

Yangzhou was a matter of great importance. After receiving the imperial edict, Wang Ziteng had only a few days to prepare. He had to go to war immediately. Unfortunately, according to the intelligence the court had obtained, the Luo Tian thieves only numbered 10,000.

As for the imperial court, Wang Ziteng actually led 30,000 troops; on paper from the imperial court, it was 50,000 troops, but in reality it was claimed to be an army of 100,000, and they marched straight to Yangzhou in a mighty force.

Yangzhou side.

On Luofu's side, after refining the Mirror of Wind and Moon into a small dressing mirror, he gave it to Lin Daiyu.

And this mirror, after experiencing Luofu, has become a treasure with unique uses.

Not only is it compatible with the former Fengyue Baojian and can manipulate other people's desires, it can also reflect the effect of the White Bone View on the contrary. At the same time, it has the effect of binding with the soul of Lin Daiyu's previous life's Immortal Crimson Pearl Grass and can mobilize the power of the Immortal Crimson Pearl Grass.

As a plant root that can take root in the Three Lives Stone, the Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass can even absorb the power of the Three Lives Stone. It itself has an extraordinary vitality. Life and death are complementary to each other, which makes the Feng Yue Bao Jian have a bit more effect like the Yin-Yang Mirror.

On one hand, it can take away life's vitality, while on the other hand, it can give life to others.

Of course, in actual application, whether it is the granting or taking away of vitality, it cannot achieve the instant effect of the Yin-Yang Mirror, but requires a certain amount of time.

Even so, this Mirror of Love and Lust can be said to have undergone earth-shaking changes.

In addition, Luofu also gave the Mirror of Love and Lust the ability to control the seven emotions and six desires, as well as the human evil power of the Immortal Grass of the Crimson Pearl that was absorbed from the Three Lives Stone, so that the Mirror of Love and Lust was no longer limited to simply controlling lust and the view of bones.

It is obviously inappropriate to call it "The Mirror of Love and Lust" now.

After knowing the ability of this treasure mirror, Lin Daiyu simply kept the word "feng yue" and replaced the word "treasure" with "sheng sheng". She called this completely transformed treasure mirror the "feng yue sheng sheng jian".

Under Luofu's guidance, he completed the ritual of refining the Fengyue Life and Death Mirror.

Now, Lin Daiyu, who was still just a little girl, was suddenly like a child with a new toy. Except for not experimenting with the effect of the Fengyue Life and Death Mirror on the people around her, all the flowers, plants, and even cats and dogs in the Yangzhou prefectural government office were in trouble.

Re-practicing the Mirror of Wind and Moon might be a remarkable thing for Fairy Jinghuan in the Realm of Illusion.

But to Luo Fu, even the Fengyue Life and Death Mirror after being refined was just a toy for him to practice with and to appease his little fiancée.

Compared to this mirror, even the evil spirit of the human army cannot withstand it.

Of course, Luo Fu is more concerned about Luo Tianjun after the integration is completed.

It has to be admitted that as a former top scholar in the imperial examination, Lin Ruhai is indeed capable. Under his planning, Luo Tianjun completed the transformation from a makeshift team to a regular one in a short period of time.

At the very least, the system is no longer so chaotic, but has clear divisions of power, thus avoiding the possibility of a single dominant company in the future.

Although, as long as one takes the Yuan Neng Seed, it will be impossible to have evil thoughts towards Luofu, but how precious is the Yuan Neng Seed?

Apart from this initial team of more than 16,000 enemies, Luofu had already decided not to give away the seeds of energy easily again, unless the other party was of value that must be won over.

For example, Lin Ruhai.

Luo Fu gave Lin Ruhai the seed of Yuan Energy, not just because he was Lin Daiyu's father.

Even Luofu had already thought about it and gathered all three volumes of the Twelve Golden Hairpins around him.

But he is definitely not a lustful and stupid bootlicker.

Among the three volumes of twelve golden hairpins, except for Lin Daiyu, the others, even if Luofu got them, would not have any identity and status. After all, Luofu did not forget that he was almost forced into a desperate situation by the servants of the four major families.

On the Luofu side, they had just learned from Lin Ruhai that the Luo Tian army had completed the final integration, and the wealth of Yangzhou City had been almost plundered, and they could march south to Nanjing at any time.

At this time, a piece of news reached Luo Fu's ears.

(End of this chapter)