Shan Yu nodded and said: "There are capable people in the Northern Hebei Army. Such a guy can create conflicts among the Liang Xiao, Shijia, and Beihu families. Their importance is self-evident."
Tuoba Ting said angrily: "Thankfully, I, the Tuoba clan, supported them with huge sums of money before!"
Shanyu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. In fact, they have suffered from my Beihu losses and are just taking advantage of each other."
"Your Majesty, please speak clearly!" the two brothers said in unison.
Shanyu looked at the candlelight, his eyes burning, murderous intent clearly revealed.
"More than forty years ago, Yanzhao was defeated by the Great Zhou Dynasty, and its descendants were hiding in the northern Hebei area and had close contacts with Beihu. But more than twenty years ago, the leader of the Yanzhao remnants, Long Ting, was critically ill and left him alone. The warriors under his command were Shi Fang. I, Beihu, took advantage of his illness to kill him, and surrounded and annihilated his orphan in one fell swoop."
"That Shifang finally escaped with the young master of Yanzhao and disappeared. However, I had already expected that I would get thousands of sets of Dazhou military uniforms from you guys in advance and pretend to be Dazhou soldiers, so they only hate it. Great Zhou. If my prediction is correct, the Shifang Taoist next to Long Wushuang should be Shifang himself."
The brothers looked at each other and smiled.
"As expected of Shanyu, he behaves as always, without leaking anything!"
Shanyu stood up suddenly.
"Commanders, follow me out of the camp and see the scenery of the desert!"
Everyone followed Shanyu up the mountain and looked far into the distance, with a panoramic view of the wild sands of the desert.
Chan Yu was full of pride and said loudly: "I have united all the tribes of Beihu, and with the help of the Generalissimo and others, I have the potential to annex the Great Zhou Dynasty, and bring disaster to the Great Zhou Dynasty to move the capital, and kill the Marquis of Lanling in formation! This wolf resides in Xushan Mountain is the sacred mountain of our clan. I intend to inform all the tribes that Beihu will restore the name of Xiongnu from now on. I will imitate the etiquette of the Central Plains, enshrine Zen here, and ascend the throne as emperor. What do you think?"
All the soldiers of Beihu had been prepared and knelt down to salute.
"I swear allegiance to Your Majesty to the death!"
The Chanyu stroked his beard and laughed, and said: "But we, the Huns, are now more powerful than ever before, so we should be different from the etiquette and laws of the Central Plains. After I become emperor, I should have the title of emperor while I am alive!"
"My desert majesty, starting from Langjuxu Mountain, vows to sweep across the Zhou Dynasty and swallow up the world with rage. The name of the Xiongnu will be heard throughout the world with the wind!"
"This is how I will name the emperor: Wind Emperor!"
On the same day, Beihu restored the name of Xiongnu, and Chanyu named himself Feng Emperor and spread the word to all tribes in the desert.
At this time, Yanzhou ushered in unprecedented stability.
Liang Xiao's farmland and Duan Yunyi's official farmland, totaling more than four million acres, were leased to tenant farmers and villagers at relatively low rents, which greatly alleviated production conflicts.
The Higashino family finally made up their minds to support Liang Xiao, and also lobbied other local landowners to support Liang Xiao's policy of reducing or exempting tenant rents.
The life of the people of Yanzhou finally had hope. It was spring plowing time, and with the help of new agricultural tools such as curved shaft plows, the enthusiasm for farming was unprecedentedly high.
In the prefect's mansion, Liang Xiao did not go to Qin Xun alone, nor did he remove him. Instead, he listened to officials' reports on the situation as a routine every day.
Gu Pingxiu, on the other hand, became more and more worried.
"Master Marquis, Qin Xun hasn't confessed to you yet, and I don't know which side he is leaning towards. Would it be too..."
Liang Xiao waved his hands and said: "Even if the information everyone has is leaked, the enemy cannot use it. The really key information is in our hands, as long as it does not affect the overall situation of Yanzhou. Qin Xun must have difficulties, so you should pay due attention Just wait for the Prime Minister to deal with it. Because the Prime Minister specifically told me to take care of it."
"Prime Minister..."
With Zhuge Hui's guarantee, Gu Pingxiu also dispelled his doubts.
Liang Xiao put down the official document in his hand, stood up and said, "Captain Gu, it's time for us to go see the weapons. After a while, the Marquis of Lao Ding Kingdom will arrive in Yanzhou."
In Jixian County, Youzhou, the incident of Duguchen has spread throughout the county through newspapers and official documents.
Gong Yangte's trembling hands were holding an official document in one hand and a newspaper in the other, and his beard was shaking with anger.
"Dugu Chen was actually thrown into the sky prison and jailed?"
"Notify the Dugu family immediately about this, and say it was framed by Liang Xiao!"
At the Jibei Army Headquarters, Marshal Long Wushuang couldn't help clenching his fists after receiving the news from Yanzhou.
"Dugu Chen is also trapped?"
Taoist Master Shifang beside him was still enjoying his tea, but the horror in his eyes could no longer be concealed.
Liang Xiao's recent operations are enough to shock the world.
Especially the strategy of farming.
The Northern Hebei Army was good at warfare and strategy, but knew little about agriculture.
For millions of acres of farmland, only 30% of the rent is collected. How much can you get?
But Liang Xiao actually did it.
Taoist Master Shifang was quite worried at the moment.
Liang Xiao represented the Great Zhou Court. Even though he had two million acres of private farmland, he was still beneficial to the Great Zhou Court.
The people of Yan and Zhao, whom Long Wushuang longed for, were receiving preferential treatment from the Zhou Dynasty.
In fact, what Long Wushuang wanted was to bring prosperity to the people of Yanzhao, and his obsession with restoring the country also relied on this.
Yanzhou is just the beginning.
Perhaps in the near future, it will spread to Youji and Hebei states, and even the entire Great Zhou Dynasty...
Yanzhou was already far away from Jizhou, but now that the people's hearts have returned, it is not something that the Northern Hebei Army can plot.
But according to his route, Yanzhou, as the front line facing Beihu, was precisely the state and county where the Northern Hebei Army was easiest to take advantage of.
Long Wushuang looked around, only Taoist Master Shifang was present.
"Teacher, Dongye Luoyue also admitted his mistake to Liang Xiao, but I still want to seek justice for Luo Xi."
Only then did Taoist Master Shifang look at Long Wushuang. Seeing his firm eyes, he sighed: "Those who have been able to achieve things since ancient times, without exception, have to face too many trade-offs. The Great Zhou Dynasty should have perished, but this son and the empress are variables. ."
After saying this, the Taoist priests from all directions couldn't help but feel sad.
For the great cause of restoring the country, they have worked hard so far, and they have already seen the light of day.
The Great Zhou Dynasty was hampered by the disaster of moving the capital to the aristocratic families, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was riddled with holes.
It happened that Zhuge Hui and Ding Guohou stabilized the situation. Before their death, this young pair of monarchs and ministers appeared again.
"How credible is Qin Xun's statement that Liang Xiao has been designated by the Empress as the future emperor?" Long Wushuang asked.
Taoist Master Shifang said: "The point is not how credible his words are, but the development of the situation."
Long Wushuang realized something: "Teacher, what you mean is that even if Qin Xun doesn't mention this matter, judging from the current situation, the empress will always need to get married. Except for Liang Xiao, don't think about it?"
Taoist Master Shifang nodded and said: "You should also understand the complexity of human nature. The empress, princess, Liang Xiao... you and I don't know what emotional entanglements there will be between these people. But one thing can be said, this child must be Emperor Zhou! The Jibei Army must have a countermeasure: send this news to Beihu and other aristocratic families at the same time, just say it is what Qin Xun said, and we are just testing to find out who Qin Xun is helping."
Capital City, Imperial Palace.
Because there is a long distance between Beijing and Yanzhou, some news is slightly delayed.
Duan Yunyi was sitting in the royal study, looking at the information from Yanzhou and feeling very pleased.
"As expected, he is using price increases to attract rice merchants and then suppress rice prices."
Zhuge Hui smiled and said: "After this incident, no rice merchant in the Zhou Dynasty dared to go against him. The advantages outweighed the disadvantages. As long as the reason is told to the people in the world, everyone knows that it is those rice merchants who hoarded it and were sanctioned by Liang Xiao. In the future, Yanzhou won’t have to worry about scaring away businessmen.”
Yang Ling, the minister of the Ministry of Industry on the side, was also very impressed. Just as he was about to praise him, Xuanwei from outside sent an urgent report from Yanzhou.
"Your Majesty! There is another situation in Yanzhou!!"
