Chapter 225

Lu que breathed a long breath, as if he was going to spit out the heavy pressure in his heart. Then he looked at Yun Xiansi and Su duo and said, "Brother Yun, brother Su, the day after tomorrow, there will be a batch of grain, grass and ordnance to be transported from the north and south canal to zhennanguan. You will go south with the baggage officer ship. When you get to zhennanguan, Brother Yun is in charge of the military law of the thunder army, and brother Su is in charge of the military law of the badminton army, Your Majesty's appointment and the writing of the outer cabinet will be sent to your house tomorrow. You'll go back to your house to see if you have anything to prepare. This southbound trip may not be able to return to the imperial capital in a year and a half. "

"No, we will live up to the trust of your majesty and marshal Lu." Yun Xiansi and Su duo look at each other, bow to promise, and then turn to leave. They know that Lu que asked them to come, but they didn't say that Gu Qianxue's position must be something to say to him, which is no doubt inconvenient for them to be present.

Seeing that Yun Xiansi and Su duo had gone far away, Gu Qianxue could not help asking, "Lu que, why don't you advise your majesty that the killing was too much. Last year's lunar night's chaos was just 18 Marquis's mansion, and everyone in the imperial capital killed turned pale and blood flowed into a river. On that day, the powerful families in the two countries were more powerful than me. If they were really eradicated, I don't know how many people will die. "

"Brother Gu." Looking at Gu Qianxue, Lu que sighed and said, "I think the same as you, but I don't think your majesty is wrong. Since I don't think it's wrong, how can I remonstrate?"

Seeing Gu Qianxue's silence, Lu que went on to say, "the reason why Tianxing and Nanli have come to the end is not only because of the gap between them in terms of national power, but also because of my seemingly subtle overall layout. The most fundamental reason is that the two countries' powerful families have annexed too much land and mastered most of the imperial positions, As a result, the poor family, as the foundation of a country, has no way out, and the royal family, as the head of a country, has gradually declined its control over the place. The powerful families of the two countries are like locusts passing through the country, constantly devouring the country's heritage and the vitality of the people. Even if there are innocent people in these families, we can neither save nor save them. "

Gu Qianxue closed his eyes, pondered for a while, and nodded his head. He naturally understood the meaning of Lu Que's words. Tianxing was far from the south. The two countries' powerful families controlled the land, wealth, and even the government. After 20 years of cultivation, Da Qian never had such a sign. Even their family members had some unworthy followers, who were domineering in the local area under the banner of Dingguo government, There must be a lot of such cases in other families, but they were not made public after being investigated.

The reason why his majesty decided to uproot the powerful families of Tianxing and Nanli this time is not only that he allowed Daqian's decree to be implemented in the newly recovered land as soon as possible after the war, but also that he could completely put an end to the resistance forces in the thirty-six counties of Southern Xinjiang. In turn, he could frighten Daqian's nobility and aristocratic families, so that they did not dare to take drastic actions under the general trend of the rise of poor families, After the current court structure is broken, a new balance of the court situation can be formed in the shortest time, reducing the turbulence from hundreds of officials to the people, which can be said to kill a few birds with one stone.

However, with this order, more than 100000 people may die because of it. If all these people are damned, that's all. But what's the crime of those old and young women and children? Is it just because they have relatives and relatives that they are going to become the tool of the emperor's authority and the victims of political fights? At that time, what is the significance of the existence of the major legions fighting bloody battles on the front line? Are they the heroes of opening up territory or the executioners holding up the butcher's knife.

"Lu que, is there no other way? Just like the Qiu family of Tianxing, didn't you say that you admire Qiu lie very much? " Gu Qianxue asked.

Lu que shook his head slightly and said, "that's why I sent Brother Yun and brother Su to Tianxing. Brother Yun is pure and brother Su is intelligent. In addition, there are sister Tianxiang and sister Qingcheng there. I believe they will screen them and try to make less killing. However, in my opinion, except for a few families in Tianxing, most of them are damned." Said here, Lu lack seems to think of something, murmured a "pity."

"What a pity?" Gu Qianxue asks curiously.

"It's a pity that Yan Wensheng, the new king of Tianxing, and Qiu Shuai didn't misjudge him. He is a benevolent monarch and a wise master, and he has the heart to help the country. It's a pity that he was born at a wrong time." Lu said with a sigh.

Gu Qianxue shrugs her lips. "Since ancient times, in the struggle for the throne, few monarchs who killed their brothers and brothers have been able to die well. Although Yan Wensheng was born at a bad time, he was able to be recorded in the history books by virtue of the name of the last star king. I also gave him a fair evaluation when I was writing history. His three elder brothers were not so lucky, Maybe their names will not be found in the history books hundreds of years later. "

Lu que sniffed a smile, did not continue this topic, but said, "brother Gu, do you know why I left you alone?"

Gu Qianxue said with a smile, "how can I know if you don't tell me. But a few years later, after you married Qingcheng, you will be my son-in-law and my brother-in-law. The things you want to give me are either the most relaxed or the most important. Otherwise, when Qingcheng returns to Beijing and you treat me so kindly, you will definitely come to you, and you will be annoyed. "

"Sister Qingcheng is a sensible person, and it's not like what brother Gu said." Lu que shakes his head and laughs. He immediately corrects himself and says, "Brother Yun and brother Su have gone to the two armies of Yulin and benlei, and Fengxiang army has sister Qingcheng, so I want brother Gu to go to the two armies of Huxiao and Fengfeng in the south."

"You want me to go to the North Bank of the Ning'an river?" Gu Qianxue looks at Lu Que in surprise.

Lu nodded and said, "yes, it's the North Bank of Ning'an river."

Gu Qianxue frowned and thought for a while and said, "Lu que, the three of us went south in the name of cleaning up military discipline and strict military law. You are now in charge of the affairs of the foreign cabinet. You can't be unaware that the three armed forces have their own division of labor, cooperate with each other and check and balance each other. It is Lord Zhongyang who is in charge of the military affairs and the military law. And the Lord is sitting on the North Bank of the Ning'an river. How can you expect me to take charge of the military law? Even if his majesty appoints him and writes in the outer court, will the king of Zhongyang agree? Don't you harm me? "

"Brother Gu, don't worry. I've sent a letter to discuss this matter with Zhongyang king, and he has no opinion. Moreover, the reason why Zhongyang king and Ding Guogong, as military prime ministers, went south this time is more to unify military orders and enable the commander-in-chief of Southern Xinjiang to cooperate with each other. They won't do such a specific thing."

"Zhongyang Wang agreed?" Gu Qianxue thought, "how do you persuade him? As far as I know, since he became the military minister, Zhongyang king has been strict with the Department of military justice, which can be said to be selfless. In those years, marquis Wu'an disobeyed the military order of waige and killed the Allied forces of Tianxing and Nanli. He took them back to the imperial capital and punished them. If his majesty didn't show up in the end, marquis Wu'an might be directly removed from office, How can he agree that someone else will take over the military law under his eyes? "

"My brother-in-law is fair and strict, but he is kind and generous. He can't do some things. Besides, he is a prince of the royal family, and his identity is not suitable for many things." Lu que took a look at the southern sky and said.

"I see." Gu Qianxue nodded. As the king of Zhongyang, some things are really not suitable for him to do.

"There is ~" Lu said here, pondering for a while.

"What else?" Gu Qianxue asked. He knew what Lu que said to him tonight was very important, because it had something to do with Da Qian's strategy for Nanli and the life and death of many people.

"At the beginning of the southern Xinjiang war, it started with the sudden attack on Nanli by the two armies of gale and Huxiao. But after the leiying army was forced to surrender and Nanli lost the land of Ningan River and two counties, it was really strange and suspicious." Lu lack some dignified said.

"What do you mean?" Gu Qianxue asked.

Lu Que's eyes flashed, and he said, "after Huxiao and Fengfeng stationed their troops in the front line of Ning'an River, our main attack direction became Tianxing. Before Fengxiang's army won the seven counties of Guangji in Henan Province in less than January, Tianxing had been driven to the end, which can be seen by people with bright eyes, No matter where I make a breakthrough in Guangji river or Huangyan River, Tianxing will have no room for maneuver, and the defeat has been decided. But don't you think Nanli, who has always been closely related to Tianxing, is too quiet at this time? Are they not afraid to be defeated by me? Or don't you know the truth of the dead lips and the cold teeth? "

"This ~" Gu Qianxue nodded after hearing the speech. Many people in the outer Pavilion were puzzled during this period. This is why Lu que asked Gu Qingcheng to lead his army around Jieshan and then go to Xihe county. This is not only to bypass Guangji River, but also to see if Nanli society will support Tianxing in Jieshan direction. However, according to Gu Qingcheng's military news a few days ago, Nanli did not send troops to reinforce Tianxing in Jieshan direction. If they are so quiet, there must be something hidden. Looking down for a while, but without any clue, he asked Lu que, "what do you think?"

"I think there are three possibilities. The first one is that Nanli is doing national aid and wants to burn the jade with us. The accumulation of hundreds of years south of Nanli is enough to arm a large army in a short time. However, according to the information sent back by the Department of foreign affairs and the Department of military intelligence, although Nanli has been recruiting troops, it does not show that he is a dead man in the net. "

"What's the second possibility?" Gu Qianxue asked again.

"The Jing navy of Daqian is in the Tianxing sea area, while the Han Navy is in the southeast sea area of Daqian, so now we don't have enough troops to block the coast of Nanli. The second possibility is that the Nanli royal family is ready to abandon the country and can't escape overseas." Lu shook his head when he said that, "but because the south is far away from foreign affairs, the Department of military intelligence and the Department of foreign affairs have no intelligence in this area, which can't confirm my guess."

"What's the third possibility?"

"The languid wind prevails in the upper level of Nanli in recent years, and the position of the thunder Eagle Legion in Nanli is no less than that of the crazy lion legion of Tianxing. I wonder if the surrender of the thunder Eagle Legion has broken the illusion of the drunken life and death in Nanli Dynasty, and made them surrender. If I kill Tianxing, Nanli will fall without fighting. In this way, according to the ancient system, I will not embarrass those who voluntarily surrender. "

"It's impossible. Nanli is the descendant of Dali Dynasty. If you want to say which country has the longest history in Qingmu, it must be Nanli. How can they come down without fighting?" Gu Qianxue said inconceivably.

"I just have this hunch, but I'm not sure yet." After that, Lu que took another look at the stars in the sky. He didn't know why the sky in Nanli always gave him a feeling of being confused.

"What do I need to do?" Gu Qianxue asked solemnly.

"Nanli is different from Tianxing. If they do not fight and surrender, it will be a good thing in a short time. But in the long run, it will do more harm than good. So if you really want to do so, you will contact Zhongyang king and you, the son of Dingguo government. At that time, brother Gu will have to deal with them constantly, try to play up their internal conflicts, Let them kill each other. " Lu que said with a cold light in his eyes.

Gu Qianxue smiles bitterly and shakes her head. "If this is the case, there are too many things. I can't deal with them alone."

Lu que smiles and says, "brother Gu, you'll leave with Brother Yun and brother Su the day after tomorrow. When you get to zhennanguan, you'll turn west, and then take over the military power of the two armies from Zhongyang king this month. You'll have about 20 days. In 20 days, I'll send Yan Zheng, mu guorang and Shi Wenxian to follow the next group of official ships south, Go to work under you. "

"Lu que, what do you want to do?" Gu Qianxue is slightly stunned when hearing the names of the three, and then looks at Lu que with deep meaning.

Lu que had sent Ye Zhiqiu, Meng Cang, and Li Chang from the poor families to lead the army. He also handed over the Imperial Guard camp to the three leaders. Now he sent Yun Xiansi, the son of the Yun family in Zhenguo, Su duo, the son of the Su family, and Su duo, the son of the Ding family, to the south to face the military law and discipline of the governor, and secretly take measures to eradicate the great families of the two countries. Twenty days later, Lu que even sent Yan Zheng of Yan's family, who came from the top ten families, mu guorang of Mu's family, and Shi Wenxian of Shi's family.

Whether he is a poor family, a noble family, or a noble family, Lu que has entrusted him with great importance. For a moment, Gu Qianxue can't understand what Lu que wants to do.

After all, the number of poor students is the largest in the current Daqian, but the status of poor students in the court hall is the lowest at this time. Although xungui's status is superior, there are only a few big country's government offices and thirty-six civil and military Marquis's offices. As for county Marquis and Township Marquis, they are just a title. When they are demoted from generation to generation, they will become civilians again in a few generations, so the number of xungui is too small, However, the aristocratic family is not. Although there are not many officials in the two pavilions inside and outside Daqian and the aristocratic family in the departments, the aristocratic family has a huge influence in the local area.

According to his understanding of Lu que, Lu que should support the poor family and suppress the aristocratic family at the same time. Why should it be important to correct the three people? Gu Qianxue originally wanted to ask Lu que for duanmuye and Lin Qingyu, who came from the same poor family as ye Zhiqiu. This is more in line with the general trend of the rise of the poor family.

"Brother Gu, you are also a man who has read a lot and discerns the past and the present. What do you think is the most important thing for a dynasty to pass on?" Lu que asked.

"Change." Gu Qianxue pondered for a while and said, "time has changed, the needs of the people are changing, and the form of war is also changing. Therefore, the national policy should not be unchanged according to the old system, and it should be constantly adjusted to meet the development of the times."

"Brother Gu is right." Lu nodded and shook his head. "But I don't think that's the most important thing. The most important thing for the continuation of the country is the balance of rights and the clarity of the legal system. Therefore, we need to raise the cold door. This is not because the cold door is weak, but because it needs more fresh blood and needs more officials who are well aware of the hardships of the people. But for the family, we can not simply suppress, take the essence and remove the dross, so that the DPRK will be stable and form a new pattern of balance.

"That's why you have to use Yan Zheng, mu guorang and Shi Wenxian. Among the people transferred to waige this time, there are also such top aristocratic heirs as Le miao'er, Wu yunshang and Qu Xinran?"

"It's true that xungui, aristocratic family and poor family are just like the tripod, which supports all aspects of Daqian. Now the tripod of aristocratic family is a little long. We can spend some time to balance the tripod, but we can't cut it off directly. If we do that, Daqian will surely be in chaos."

"It's the long term you want." Gu Qianxue looks at Lu que, who is in Zhizhu's grasp, and his heart rises with sincere admiration. He can't help thinking, "maybe only Lu que like this can be worthy of his sister who seems to be aloof from the world, but is very proud in her heart."

"Long term?" Lu qiaowen said with a wry smile, "it's true that we have a long way to go. It's not easy to make the poor family rise and form a new balance in the Korean political situation. As long as there is a little negligence, we may collapse." Speaking of this, Lu que hesitated for a moment and said, "brother Gu, you are sister Qingcheng's elder brother, and you are not an outsider to me. Do you know which department I value the most in this big business?"

"The performance appraisal department of the Ministry of officials? Or is it the selection Department of the Ministry of education? " Gu Qianxue thought and asked tentatively.

"Neither." Lu Kuo shook his head. "What I value most is the wind assessment department of Yushitai. The so-called defense against the people is better than defense against Sichuan. We should let the people speak. Whether an official is competent or not depends not only on the tax distribution, but also on his wind assessment among the people, because those are the people's personal experiences. You say it's better to be an official who let the people carry their umbrellas for ten miles when they are transferred, or an official whose achievements are speechless in the papers of the performance appraisal department. "

"I see." Gu Qianxue's eyes brightened slightly. He didn't expect that Lu que wanted to strengthen the authority of the wind assessment department“ Lu que, your idea is good, but it's too difficult to do it. If the wind assessment department can really take the people as the foundation and affect the official career, how should it be screened within the wind assessment department? "

"A little bit." Lu Kuo sighed, "let's wait until the end of Southern Xinjiang."