Chapter 638 Fortress
What happened in the nameless restaurant is just a microcosm of the current situation.
People from all sides are trying their best to stabilize the hearts of the people inside, using methods such as win over, coercion, inducement, and persuasion to expand their power and eliminate dissidents, so as to meet the stormy waves in the future.
Countries such as Zhou State and Jing State immediately arrested rich businessmen with household registration in Yu State in their own countries. The crimes include but are not limited to hoarding, disrupting prices, occupying farmland, abusing slaves, financing wars, etc.
Even wealthy businessmen from Yu State who had been rooted in their own country for decades were not spared, and all their homes were ransacked and property was divided up.
In addition, the state capitals also complied with the raging public opinion. Many scholars, students, and business travelers from Yu State in the territory were also accused of espionage and arrested together.
However, before the bureaucrats at all levels celebrated, Yu State imposed reciprocal sanctions, arresting rich businessmen, scholars, business travelers, and tourists from other countries on the same charge.
Because of Yu State's prosperous economy, inclusive and open culture, the number of people from other countries living in Yu State is more than the number of people from other countries.
Not only are there more hostages, but there are also high-ranking nobles.
As a result, all parties had to sit down in embarrassment and discuss the exchange of hostages through unofficial espionage channels.
It is not yet the time when there is you without me, everyone is waiting, waiting for the talisman of guarding mountains and rivers to dissipate, and waiting for Tai Haoshan to express his position.
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The once majestic and sacred Taihao Mountain is now full of dust.
The straw sandals of the laborers stepped on the steps made of white jade, carried bricks, tiles, beams and columns, and repaired the collapsed palace.
The gray-haired theological scholars squatted by the ruins, and classified the ancient books found under the rubble.
Cardinal Juyu's Deputy Envoy Yu Feiyu, led by the guide waiter, passed through the noisy crowd, climbed the stairs along the mountain road, and came to the front of a palace.
Unlike the buildings under the mountain, the hall of the Court of Justice did not suffer much damage.
The ground bricks are cut from obsidian, and in the middle of the main hall is covered with a "carpet" composed of countless pieces of rubies, scarlet like blood, magnificent and dazzling.
The vault of the main hall is as high as a cloud, with hundreds of iron chains as thick as human arms pierced through it.
Thousands of unowned weapons are tied to iron chains by hemp ropes, like wind chimes, swaying with the wind.
These are the most proud achievements of the Judgment Court, and they are the last traces left in the world of those who disobeyed Haotian that the Trial Court has punished for thousands of years.
Yu Feiyu walked through the main hall, the footsteps echoed in the empty hall, the voice was ethereal.
click.
The expressionless waiter who led the way brought tables, chairs and tea, and then left quietly without making a sound of footsteps.
Yu Feiyu had long been accustomed to the style of the court, so he sat down calmly, took a sip of tea, looked up at the vault of the palace, and observed the unowned weapons.
Three hundred years ago, the pirate Zhuo Yong who ran amok in the East China Sea used a poisonous knife that fused with Xiangliu's poisonous glands;
The soft sword made of nine-day meteorite used by the suzerain of the Demon Sect in its heyday four hundred years ago;
Folding fan used by a prince of Zhou State who tried to launch a coup two hundred years ago to separate Zhou State from the control of Taihao Mountain;
Heh, I don’t know how the current Zhou clan would feel when they saw this folding fan.
"There is still a sword missing here."
A low-pitched male voice sounded from the side of the hall, and the burly Judgment Cardinal Yubo in a red robe slowly stepped over, sat on the black stone throne, leaned slightly, and held his cheek with his fist.
"There will be."
Yu Feiyu put down the tea bowl, stood up and nodded, expressing respect appropriately.
Lian Xuanxiao rushed to Taihao Mountain, seriously injured the head teacher and beat back the four cardinals, and brought great shame and humiliation to the Taoist sect, even if he was smashed into pieces, his bones and ashes would not be enough to repay. Perhaps only by eliminating the school can make up for one or two.
"sit down."
Bian Yubo signaled Yu Feiyu to sit down, tapped his finger lightly, and a letter bounced off the armrest and landed precisely on the table beside Yu Feiyu.
Bian Yubo said coldly: "However, fortresses are often breached from the inside first."
Yu Feiyu opened the envelope, and on the letter paper inside was written a large list of names of people from the country of Yu.
From a depressed nobleman to a suppressed family. From an ambitious young scholar to a general who secretly believes in Haotian.
Combined with the words of the Judgment Cardinal, Yu Feiyu instantly realized that the Judgment Court wanted to regain some face for the Taoist sect before the Shanhe Guardian Talisman dissipated.
The people on the list can all be used, and some of them are even hidden nails planted by the Taoist sect more than ten or decades ago.
Yu Feiyu glanced at ten lines, quickly scanned the long list, and when he saw a circled name, he said in amazement: "Why is there him?!"
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At the same moment, in the courtyard of Chang'an Furong Garden, Yue Wang Li Hui picked up a sunspot from the chess bowl, thought for a moment and put it on the chessboard.
Playing chess with him is Li Shan, the king of light holding white pieces. The black and white dragon strangles and wrestles on the chessboard. The situation is tragic and thrilling.
Watching the confrontation from the side, Yan Xuan, Princess of Yue, saw her husband gradually declining, and gently pinched the paws of the white-haired puppy in her arms.
The puppy was in pain, and immediately jumped up from Yan Xuan's knee, and landed on the chessboard, disrupting the layout of the chess pieces.
"Broken dog."
Li Hui picked up the puppy angrily, looked at the messy chess game, and then at the innocent wife with a slightly bulging lower abdomen and obvious pregnancy, so she sighed helplessly, turned her head and said to Li Shan: "This game counts." I lost."
"Where is it?"
Li Shan cheerfully put down the white stones, "With more than a dozen moves, the outcome is still unknown."
Frankly speaking, Li Hui and Li Shan were not close before, they could only be regarded as nodding acquaintances, and they became acquainted because of their frequent business contacts some time ago.
The chess game was interrupted, Li Hui waved his hand, and let the unrelated people leave, leaving only him and Li Shan in the courtyard.
Li Hui straightened up and said calmly: "In a few days, His Majesty will issue an order to transfer me to Fan Yang."
Li Shan asked in surprise, "Mr. Lu?"
"Um."
Li Hui calmly said: "If you fight against the outside world, you must first settle down inside."
The aristocratic family is like a poisonous snake. If it is used well, it can be released to bite the enemy. If it is not used well, it will bite back at a critical moment.
"The Yu Congress opened up more official positions to the aristocratic family, allowed them to enter the previously prohibited shipping and shipbuilding industries, and allowed them to operate companies and build workshops in other places."
Li Hui said: "But at the same time, they also have to send monks from the clan to join the army."
"Do you give grace and power together?"
Li Shan nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly thought of something. It is not easy to appease and persuade a family like Fan Yang and Lu's. Even if the family is willing to cooperate, the Yu Kingdom court will have to monitor it for a long time.
Li Hui, who was transferred to Fanyang, may not be able to return within a few years. In other words, the emperor had already made a decision in the battle for the crown prince that lasted for nearly ten years.
Obviously did nothing wrong, but lost the competition because of higher-level changes
Li Shan sighed silently in his heart, but his expression didn't change much. He asked as usual: "What can I do?"
"How about building a new railway?"
Li Hui took out a map from his arms, spread it on the table next to the chessboard, started from Fan Yang with his fingertips, passed through Boling County where the Cui family of Boling was located, and reached Pingji where the Li family of Zhao County was located.
"No problem. I will send someone to survey the terrain tomorrow."
Li Shan observed the map carefully, agreed, and left the mansion of King Yue.
Li Hui was the only one left in the courtyard. He quietly looked at the messy chess game and sighed.
In the fight between himself and the prince, his elder brother won in the end. Unfortunately, if that person is willing to stand up and help, with his status, maybe the result will be different.
Thinking about it, Li Hui suddenly burst out laughing, and murmured to himself: "Let's get through this hurdle first. If it fails, there might be no Li family of Yu Kingdom in the world anymore."
(end of this chapter)