When a huge vassal state has a new king, and then another king returns, it is like sparks hitting the earth.
No matter how stupid Zhao Ji is, she knows that in such a situation there will inevitably be bloodshed, and that would be a father and son killing each other.
Zhao Ji's every breath became urgent.
My whole body felt dizzy.
Suddenly a hand reached out and hugged her tightly.
Zhao Ji's face turned pale and her whole body was trembling. Only in Yang Gan's arms could she feel the slightest sense of security.
"Do you still want to know?"
"I-I want to know!"
Seeing that Zhao Ji was determined not to give up, Yang Qian said calmly.
"The new king and King Liao fought in the palace, resulting in hundreds of casualties. King Liao captured the new king with one move and was escorted to prison."
"The new king's entire family has been placed under house arrest."
"After settling the matter, King Liao killed a group of participating scholar-bureaucrats and officials in Guzang. Bloody conflicts also broke out after the heads of the three clans returned."
"In just three or four days, the number of casualties in Guzang was no less than 10,000."
After hearing all the news, Zhao Ji breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, fortunately, her son is not dead. As for King Liao, haha, this man has nothing to do with her anymore.
Although it was designed by Yang Qian, he beat her for several days based on what others said and said many hurtful words. Naturally, she hated King Liao even more.
The two were originally married, with no feelings at all. It was more of a tacit understanding that they had lived together for more than twenty years. In this short period of time, the hurtful words and the fists full of hate had completely interrupted the relationship between the two. .
"Is my son okay?"
"I don't know yet. I heard that my shoulder was slightly injured, but it's nothing serious. Apparently King Liao is concerned about the relationship between father and son!"
Zhao Ji finally calmed down completely.
Suddenly, she struggled violently and finally broke out of Yang Gan's arms. She looked at him with strong dissatisfaction and unfathomable hatred in her eyes.
She pointed at Yang Qian tremblingly, her face turned pale and her whole body was shaking.
"You, it's you, everything is your plan!"
The corner of Yang Gan's mouth raised in amusement, he sat down slowly, stretched out his hand, and Jiang Lan appeared outside, put down the teacup, and then disappeared again.
Just kidding, the air pressure is so low, who dares to stay in there for so long, looking for shit!
"It's all your fault, right?"
"You signed an alliance with Mi Zuo and captured the heads of the three clans. In fact, your target was Mi Zuo from the beginning."
"You didn't originally intend to kill the three clan leaders and Mi Zuo. You just wanted to let the people behind inherit the rights. After a period of stability, you would put the original people back."
“If old and new powers collide, they will naturally kill each other.”
Think and tell at the same time.
The more she told him, the less peaceful Zhao Ji felt.
Her heart felt as if a huge boulder had suddenly been dropped on a calm lake, and she was inexplicably shocked.
Her face turned pale in an instant, as if all the blood had been suddenly withdrawn, leaving only endless shock and astonishment.
Those eyes that always sparkled with wisdom and determination seemed to be shrouded in thick fog at this moment, confused and at a loss.
Her hands trembled, and the uncontrollable physiological reaction aroused a layer of goosebumps in her body, which was proof that the cold reality had touched her heart.
Suddenly, her eyes began to become moist, sparkling with crystal tears.
Those tears rolled in the corners of her eyes, then slowly slid down, falling on her pale cheeks and on her heart.
That moist touch seemed to be the best interpretation of the pain and shock deep in her heart.
She took a deep breath, tears streaming down her eyes, and shouted loudly to Yang Qian.
"You have such calculations, so who am I? Your victim, or your trophy."
"Princess Shangguo, can your identity as Queen Liao allow you to experience the feeling of having me pressed down hard under you?"
Yang Qian looked at her indifferently and drank tea slowly, as if she was just talking about something innocuous.
Of course, being able to see through his plan was beyond Yang Qian's expectation.
"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"
"You, you are not a teenager at all. Your planning and intelligence are unmatched by anyone in the world today. You, who are you?"
Yang Gan stood up slowly, taking small square steps, and walked towards Zhao Ji step by step.
Every step seemed to step on her heart, shaking her whole body.
"I am who I am, Marquis Wu'an, I guarantee it will be true!"
"No one in the world can match you? Haha, I don't agree with this. There are people outside the world, but there is a world outside the world, but there is a saying that complements each other."
Yang Gan's eyes gradually became sharper.
"Everyone who thought I was a child~~~ is dead, and there are no bones left."
"As for you!!!"
Yang Qian gently touched Zhao Ji's tear-filled face with his palm, kissed her on the lips, and left slowly.
"The whole plan against Liao Guo is not perfect. I still missed it after all."
Zhao Ji's eyes suddenly flashed with tears, showing a hint of curiosity.
Yang Gan smiled heartily and happily.
"You were the accident, but you made my plan have two accidents."
"Which two times?"
Zhao Ji couldn't help but ask.
"The first time, I didn't know you were going to show up."
"The second time, I didn't know I fell in love with you when I saw you!"
"really?"
"Real, more real than gold!"
"You, what else are you hiding from me?"
Yang Qian spread his hands and looked innocent.
"It's not that I'm hiding it from you, but I have a lot of things to do. If you didn't take the initiative to ask, I wouldn't know where to start, so why would I hide it from you?"
Zhao Ji is very conflicted in her heart. Although the world is more open now, she is more conservative. She has only been one man in her life. Counting Yang Qian, there are only two men.
Because of Yang Gan's plan, his life has undergone unprecedented changes.
Now, he is the only one who can rely on him, but he is the culprit that caused the fusion of his life.
Such a dilemma made Zhao Ji feel a little bad. Her eyes were dull, as if she had no hope in life.
Seeing Zhao Ji's eyes, Yang Qian didn't know what she was thinking.
"Do you feel that your position is very embarrassing? The queen used to do a good job, but now she is only one of my concubines, not even Teng's wife."
"But after you leave me, you have nowhere to go. Shang Guo is gone, Liao Guo can't go back, and there is no place for you in the whole world. Do you feel that you are very sad and lonely?"
Zhao Ji raised her head worriedly and glanced at Yang Gan with complicated eyes.
"Why? You, you clearly said that there will be no war in the near future, why are you still plotting against Liao Guo like this?"
Yang Gan's face gradually became serious, and his eyes shone like blades.
"Because of the national interest."
"National interest?"
Yang Gan nodded.
"Yes, my identity represents the Xia Kingdom. Everything I do to the outside world is based on the interests of the Xia Kingdom."
"Some princes and kings rashly attack a country because of their own preferences."
"And because of my own preferences, I stopped fighting and withdrew my troops under the flattery of others."
"There are many such people. Even now, there are still many princes and kings who often consider themselves first and then the country when dealing with things."
Yang Qian flicked his sleeves, and his whole person's momentum surged like a volcano erupting.
"I can tell you responsibly that this is all wrong. Personal interests, wishes, and desires can never override national interests."
"I really have no plans to attack Liao State now, but I can weaken Liao State's national strength appropriately. When I want to attack him, it is best when he is already terminally ill."
"This will not only reduce the consumption of soldiers, but also reduce the difficulty of the attack."
Yang Gan's words were so shocking that Zhao Ji felt that the person in front of her was crazy.
National interest? What nonsense is this.
The interests of each vassal state, that is, the interests of the king and the scholar-bureaucrats, have nothing to do with the country?
But this is the world, and no one can break the laws governing the operation of all vassal states. Once violated, of course there will be no international sanctions.
But he will die miserably, because there were hundreds of vassal states in the Yanhuang Dynasty, and so far only the four largest vassal states are left.
Shang Guo was destroyed, and the rest were just rookies.
Many vassal states that were originally powerful were also gradually destroyed due to the failure of reform.
This was the first time she had heard of thoughts like Yang Qian's. She wanted to refute it but couldn't say it anyway.
Yes, Zhao Ji's status determines that she can see many things that ordinary people, including scholar-bureaucrats, cannot see.
You can even participate in it.
After thinking for a moment, she discovered that in a vassal country, if the vassal kings could suppress their inner desires, they would govern the country in an orderly manner.
If you can even sacrifice your own personal interests and the interests of scholar-bureaucrats, then this vassal state will not be too bad.
on the contrary.
If the princes and kings build large-scale construction projects and build palaces for their own selfish interests, the scholar-bureaucrats will continue to absorb the country's financial resources.
Even if this vassal state can have a large army, it is just too fat and will almost be defeated in one blow.
Looking at the entire Central Plains, among the four major vassal states, if we want to talk about being fat, it is the Liao Kingdom that is more fat, because the powerful families can already compete with the imperial court.
Even when the clan wanted benefits, they would just ignore the king, not play with him, and just play their own games.
On the contrary, the clans of the Xia Kingdom, although they have considerable power, are not as rich as many clans of the vassal states.
"I made the wrong mistake before. I thought that enriching the country and strengthening the people was what a person in power should do. But later I discovered that enriching the country and strengthening the people is not a must."
"It doesn't matter whether the country is rich and the people are strong or the country is rich and the people are weak, but the prerequisite is that they can survive. Only after they survive can the people get what they want."
“Without the dignity of a big country, how can the small people be happy?”
Zhao Ji looked at Yang Qian blankly.
There were mixed feelings in her heart, and there was probably no one in the world today who could empathize with her.
