Although the appearance of the Church of the Abyss caused quite a splash in Yuxi City, the ripples did not exist for long before slowly dissipating.
On the contrary, two months had passed before the Spring Festival, and the Yunyang Territory, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly became restless like a pot of boiling water.
According to the plan made by Yun Ye and He Yue at the beginning, the young master and young ladies in Yunyang must make a fuss about the prince. This kind of trouble is not a group of ministers arguing in the court, but a situation of warlords fighting. The enfeoffed Young Masters of Yunyang all have a certain amount of military power in their hands. Although there are not many of them, the accumulation is enough to give Lord Yunyang a headache.
If they were the only ones making trouble by themselves, they would either face a situation where they had no guts, or they would be easily divided and wooed by Lord Yunyang. But it's different with Yuxi City fanning the flames behind the scenes. Yun Ye has already convinced most of the city lords in advance, making them aware of the situation they are facing now:
First of all, we must make trouble and unite together so that we will not be easily broken up. After all, the law does not blame the public. It is impossible for Lord Yunyang to chop off all their heads, they are all his own flesh and blood. So their first stage was to make trouble. No matter what threats or benefits Lord Yunyang made, they would fight to the end. Only when Lord Yunyang was forced to make up his mind to change his son would they have a chance to rise to power.
After the first stage is completed, the city lords who have their own ghosts will start to compete for the throne of the son, and then it will be up to each other according to their own abilities. Therefore, most of the city lords left their backs at this time. At present, dragging Liyi down from the position of the son is the top priority. For the first time, the city lords who have been cheating for many years feel a little bit of joy of fighting against each other.
Someone boasted that his army was strong and his horse was strong, and he asked the lord of Yunyang to let Li Yi lead his troops to fight with him, and whoever wins would be the heir;
Someone who was loved by the Lord Yunyang since he was a child, ran back to Lingyun City under the pretext of visiting relatives, knelt under the Lord Yunyang and burst into tears, shaking his pants with a big nose;
Someone spent a lot of money to buy off Lord Yunyang's concubine, and gave him pillow breeze every day...
However, as Li De expected, Lord Yunyang was always sober.
Today, the people below were dissatisfied with the son and asked him to withdraw the son. The people below are dissatisfied with him tomorrow, wouldn't they chop him off with a knife and become the lord himself? Regardless of whether Li Yi is good or not, they are all his successors chosen by himself. Lord Yunyang has no choice but to protect Li Yi's position, because it involves the foundation of his rule.
Then he has only two options.
Large-scale suppression of the city lords who have been entrusted by themselves, or quick and decisive defeat of Yuxi City who is behind the scenes.
Among these two options, Lord Yunyang chose the latter after a little weighing.
He is a person who cares about face. In the past two years, he had several opportunities to threaten Yuxi City, but he gave up in the end. When a father tried his best to support a son, the son was beaten and disarmed by another son in the end, and in the end the father had to personally help his son regain the scene... It is a bit embarrassing to talk about it no matter how you look at it.
But this time, he didn't intend to hold back. On the one hand, Yuxi City instigated the sons of Yunyang to make trouble, which has threatened his rule; on the other hand, because Zhaochen's father-son situation has intensified, with Fangyuan and Lord Zhaochen helping him to share the pressure of public opinion, he started to do things. Naturally, there are not many scruples.
On April 11th, Yunyang officially issued a declaration of war against Yuxi City.
This is also a very rare direct conflict between the lord and the city lord in the history of Eternal Heaven Kingdom.
In order to make himself famous, Lord Yunyang wrote Lide's ten crimes in this declaration of war. He wanted to tell the world that he was not bullying the small by the big, but from the perspective of a former father, he finally made up his mind to eliminate this heinous traitor.
Among the crimes, the one that ranks first is: lightly provoking border quarrels and sowing dissension, which caused the Yunyang brothers to fall apart, father and son to fight, and the people had little place to stand. As a result, the people were displaced and lived in dire straits. It can be said that Yunyang's recent decline is mostly related to Yuxi City.
Once a territory takes action, it is like a tiger baring its fangs and roaring in the mountains and forests. The sound spreads thousands of miles and shakes the world.
Not long after, Yuxicheng gave his own answer.
There is no discussion or refutation in the response, just a common list.
In the past year, the food prices, tax revenue, average income of the people, and productivity growth rate under Yuxi City's rule... were clean and clear. There is even a comparison list from Yunyang posted on the side, comparing the two, you can see at a glance which is higher and which is lower.
This list was not circulated among Yunyang's aristocratic society because they generally did not care about these issues. Many aristocratic lords even took this list as a joke, saying that Yuxi City was in a daze, and the battle was nothing more than a strong soldier and a famous teacher. Could it be that because the price of food in Yuxi City was a few copper coins cheaper than other places, this battle was just a matter of course. Can you win
It was the people of Yunyang who were really interested in Yuxi City's response.
Because the influence of Yuxi City is limited, their voices cannot be spread to farther places for the time being, and they cannot be known by more people. But all the people who saw this list kept these figures firmly in their hearts. These low-level people can't calculate any complicated mathematics, but life has taught them the ability to calculate and calculate carefully.
People who live in Yuxi City can pay less tax a year, because the price is cheap and how much money can be saved a day, how much more wages can be paid for working there, how much extra money can be saved a year in the long run, and how many years can be built in advance. A house, a wife... They will calculate these, even if it takes a few days, they will calculate.
Then, after calculating it, you will feel emotional.
— If only I had been born there.
This idea will not support their actions against Yunyang, but it will plant a seed in their hearts. At the same time, this will slowly wear down their dissatisfaction and hostility towards Yuxi City. After all, the crimes written by Lord Yunyang, such as brothers killing fathers and sons, have nothing to do with them.
They just want to live, to live like human beings, and to live better and better.
If Yuxi City can meet their needs, they will be full of expectations for Yuxi City. After tea and dinner, before going to sleep, when blood and sweat can't be exchanged for enough rewards, I silently think of some strange ideas in my heart.
—Although I was not born there, it would be fine if they had the final say here.
There were many retainers around Lord Yunyang who offered advice, but by the time they realized this, it was too late to stop them.
April eighteenth.
A week after the declaration of war was issued, the angry lord Yunyang personally led his troops, pointing directly at the sphere of influence of Yuxi City.