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Chapter 147: The storm is coming

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King Wuan was killed! More than half a month after Li Yuan and others arrived in the'Chen State', a news that caused an uproar from the government and the public shocked'Chen Guo'.'Wu'an King' is the half-brother of the'Qi State' Emperor Zheng Yuan. He is also the only brother of Zheng Yuan and an important bargaining chip for the negotiations between'Chen Guo' and'Qi Guo'.

Now that King Wu'an died like this, the trouble would be serious. It is possible that Qi State could take advantage of this to start a swordsman, and the peace talks that were originally favorable to Chen State changed hands instantly after his death. Li Yuan seized on this matter, and "Qi Guo" also issued a letter of protest and dissatisfaction, threatening not to give a good answer. See you on the battlefield.

This time, "Chen Guo" was all busy with this matter. Everyone even hoped that this "Wu'an King" died on the battlefield that year, and then the "Chen Guo" matter can be ignored. It's fine now,'Chen Guo' has a good word, good drink and good service for the prince for almost a year, but when it was time to use him, he was actually killed.'Chen Guo' cannot steal chickens. Eclipse the rice.

In the case of Qi Guo and Li Yuan and others violently punishing the murderer, the ruler of Chen Guo had to find a scapegoat to commit the crime. As a result,'Dingnan King', a figure who has always made the emperor uneasy, is completely presented in front of everyone. There is no doubt that Yang Lin is the ideal scapegoat for this murder, regardless of his status or status.

First; Yang Lin, the King of Dingnan, has a motive to kill, because Yang Lin is the leader of the hardcore hawks of the Kingdom of Chen, Yang Lin resolutely disagrees with the peace talks with the Kingdom of Qi, and even proposed to prepare the military for war on several occasions. 'Qi State' is now weak in Jiang Fang and beat the Yangtze River in one fell swoop, and killing'Wu'an King' will undoubtedly lead to a deadlock in the peace talks, angering the'Qi State' to send troops just to give the'Dingnan King' an excuse for leading troops to attack.

Second; Yang Lin has the ability to assassinate the'King Wu'an'. Everyone in the'Chen Kingdom' knows that the'king of Dingnan' has the most elite warriors in the country. The'Thirteen Taibao' adopted by Yang Lin is even more capable. As usual, if there is anyone in the'Chen State' who Yang Lin wants to remove, then no one will believe that this person is still alive.

Third;'Dingnan King' Yang Lin has a chance to kill people, because the place where'Wu'an King' was imprisoned is also highly classified in the'Chen Guo' Manchu Civil Martial Arts, because'Chen Guo' also worried that the enemy would come to rescue, or have Those with bad intentions will murder the'King Wuan'. Therefore, in Chen Guo, there are only four people who know this detention place, the emperor, He Wei Dao, Zuo Xiang and Yang Lin. Of course, the emperor will not ask for trouble. Of course, He Wei Dao is the master and the faction will not do this. The leftist is a neutral and veteran, even if he asks him to do it, he can't do it. Among the four, it seemed that only Yang Lin had the motive for killing, and that was not the'Dingnan King' who else would it be.

So after the emperor Chen Guo and several confidants conspired for a night, the charge of "king of Dingnan" Yang Lin of conspiring to treason was completely finalized. Of course, the evidence must be conclusive. In this regard, what is Dao has made great efforts. With the help of Li Yuan and others, all the correspondence between Yang Lin and the'Qi State' were dealt with, and even the'Dingnan King' and some who had treasoned in the past. All the covenants between ministers are forged.

With the evidence, the next step is to destroy, but Yang Lin's power and influence in the'Chen Kingdom' is not under the emperor, and no one in the army can match, so it is not easy to deal with Yang Lin. So the emperor and several confidantes first used various excuses and reasons to transfer the important figures around Yang Lin one by one, and the army also sent trusted generals to sit in town.

Some of the courtiers who were closely related to Yang Lin were directly imprisoned for the final action against Yang Lin, while those with higher status would be invited to the palace and tea by the emperor.

All of this was proceeding in an orderly manner. The emperor always thought that his actions were sufficiently concealed. In fact, these Yang Lin had already seen it. They can be regarded as Yang Lin who is self-sufficient by'loyalty, filial piety and righteousness.' His own conspiracy is proceeding intensively, and he still looks calm. He has completely given up the resistance and is ready to slaughter his neck when the time comes, in the name of full loyalty.

Once the plan is formulated, the action will be very rapid. This is not the tenth day after the death of King Wu'an when a major event that shocked the whole country of Chen Guo happened. The'king of Dingnan' Yang Lin who made'Chen Guo' admired by the people was convicted of'conspiracy to treason'! And'King Wu'an' was Yang Lin who wanted to provoke a war and murder regardless of the life and death of the people.

The remaining six members of the “Thirteen Taibao” were convicted of accomplices (the other seven were killed in the war between the two countries). Fortunately, it was discovered in time. His Majesty quickly wiped out the rebellion party with lightning speed, and they have been eliminated. King Dingnan's whole clan went up and down 139 people, and the conspiracy of the party arrested and wiped out no fewer than a thousand people and so on.

A shocking case of'Chen Guo' broke out suddenly and was put down extremely quickly. After hearing this, everyone felt like they were dreaming. Everyone couldn't help but want to ask a few questions, that is: "Yang Lin holds a heavy army, power is in the hands of the ruling party, and more than half of the ministers and generals are in charge. From the perspective of his head, how could such a powerful figure continue to fail to act if he rebelled? This is a bit too unreasonable. Besides, to kill'King Wu'an' Yang Lin can use various methods, such as when Yang Lin captured'King Wu'an' You can kill it directly, so why bother to take such a big risk and do it now?" There are many other things that make people feel strange. Anyway, there is a point of view that the'Dingnan King' conspiracy case might have other hidden reasons.

Similarly, they were skeptical of Yang Lin’s rebellion. There were different opinions on the life and death of the family of the “Dingnan King” by the “Chen Guo” government, because at that time, when the Dao led the troops to destroy the palace, the “Dingnan King” house was already a raging fire. Soaring into the sky, it became a sea of fire. The reason why it is said that more than one hundred people in Yang Lin's family were wiped out is based purely on the corpses found in the fire scene after the fire. The number of corpses is in line with the number of people in the palace. However, the Gosaku who had been to the scene at that time discovered that these corpses were burned after death, and the age of the corpses was far different from that of the people in the Wangfu.

But all of this pressured He Weidao. In his report to the emperor, he said: "This matter must not be leaked out. Once the wind leaks, it will cause anxiety in the whole country. As for the lives and lives of Yang Lin and others, you can send someone to pay attention to it. Look it up." The emperor also felt that what was said was so harsh, if Yang Lin's deployment knew that he was still alive, wouldn't it be a mutiny! Therefore, everything on the surface is understood with a happy ending, but secretly the emperor sent He Wei Dao to conduct a secret investigation on Yang Lin.

However, it is clear that the emperor had something inhumane. Yang Lin’s family originally arranged for the escape by He Wei Dao and Dongfang Hong. Yang Zhenzhen received Dongfang Hong’s instructions on the eve of the action and took the opportunity to stun Yang Lin with the "Millennium Drunk". Then, under the assistance of Heweidao and Dongfanghong, the family left along the river at night, and the servants of the palace were also dismissed by Heweidao in batches. Even Yang Lin's remaining six Taibaos had been far away from the territory of the'Chen State' in the same arrangement. As for the corpse of the palace, it was just an unknown dead ghost in a mass grave outside the city.

The sudden killing of King Wu'an, the bizarre treason of King Dingnan, and the fact that all important figures live or die, all of which fully meet the requirements of all parties. Li Yuan has the handle to threaten the'Chen Guo', so that he can quickly end the peace talks and return to China. Li Jing eliminated a difficult enemy who would dominate the world in the future, at least what He Weidao said to him was that Yang Lin was indeed dead. The'Chen Guo' emperor removed a minister who had been worrying him all day, and He Weidao used this to blackmail Li Yuan and others for no less than three million benefits.

Obviously, Dongfanghong is the biggest gainer. Because of the actions of Li Jing and others, Dongfanghong has won a marshal-level general without any effort, and also a buy one get six, and Yang Lin's hands. The six brave and combative Taibao pulled together, and the most important thing was that they hooked up a beautiful woman to be a wife. Now Dongfanghong has made a lot of money.

Everything was settled, and the peace talks quickly reached an agreement. More than three months after the'Qi State' mission left Luoyang, Li Yuan and He Weidao respectively signed a peace treaty on behalf of their respective masters.

After the mission was completed, Li Yuan, Li Jing and others were eager to prepare to return to China. Here they self-righteously think that there is something to do with the Tao, and they are naturally foolproof. So now the most important thing is to deal with the domestic Zheng Yuan who is making drastic reforms.

You know that Zheng Yuan hasn't been idle at all during these three months. A series of personnel systems were activated, and various talents were excavated by Zheng Yuan using the "imperial examination" method, and they have been arranged to work at the bottom of various departments. These are completely carried out in accordance with Dongfanghong's proposal. Now the country of Qi is all over the country. With the thriving scene, it is no longer a dream for ordinary people to be officials!

However, the nobles and relatives of the Korean family were indifferent from the beginning, thinking that Zheng Yuan’s reforms would not hinder the family’s interests; to some worries, watching a large number of people of all colors be able to enter the dynasty as officials; until the end, people panic, because They have thoroughly felt that the rights in their hands are being divided away by civilians who they thought were mud legs in the past. This is absolutely something that these people cannot tolerate.

However, the current'Qi State' court is no longer what it used to be, and there are at least four major families as the leaders of these people. Now that the Wei family has been destroyed, the Eastern family’s vitality is greatly injured. The Lu family only knows how to fight in the nest, and the only Li family who can still serve as the noble spokesperson of the Manchu family has also lost its due strength because of Li Yuan and his son's mission.

Now everyone in the dynasty is eager to hope that Li Yuan and his son will return to Beijing as soon as possible, because the emperor Zheng Yuan has just announced a new reform system, officially changing the official method of resignation from'family recommendation' to'imperial examination'. This was tantamount to completely depriving the family's elite of the fundamental interests of hundreds of years, so the court was in an uproar, which also indicated that a huge storm was about to come.

After this storm, the old and ruined things will definitely be destroyed, and the new ones will also be baptized in the gust of wind, so as to thrive. Everything is bound to usher in a new era. As for who will lead this new era, we have to wait and see!