Xian Dynasty Era

Chapter 13 The Way of the King
Indeed, as Su Zhao expected.

At this moment in Wenyi and Sima's Mansion, even though it was late at night, there were still bright lights and shadows of people.

Grand Sima Yuan Bin of the State of Su, as well as staff and counselors in the mansion, gathered together and were discussing secretly.

Yuan Bin frowned, feeling extremely uneasy.

At this moment, he also reacted.

Firstly, Jia Yi, an imperial soldier, was transferred out of the Forbidden Palace by Su Zhao, and Mrs. Su was abolished shortly the next day. At this moment, Yuan Bin, no matter how slow he reacted, also sensed something was wrong.

"What do you think the kid meant? Could it be that he was jealous of a certain family?" Yuan Bin did not restrain his arrogance in front of his staff at the moment, and still referred to Su Zhao as the kid. , without any respect.

A middle-aged scribe in a black robe twisted his beard under his chin with his hands, and his face showed a thoughtful expression, "Listen to what Mr. Yuan said just now, our new monarch has deep scheming, and he is indeed not a simple person."

Yuan Bin frowned, obviously dissatisfied with the middle-aged scribe's trickery.

The middle-aged scholar continued to narrate: "If you want to say that you are suspicious of Yuan Gong, you can clearly show respect for Yuan Gong. What happened today... doesn't seem like it has been planned for a long time."

Yuan Bin said, "You mean a coincidence?"

"Madam murdered the former monarch and the new monarch. The evidence for this matter is convincing. Chen Sikou pushed him to commit suicide, and several ministers witnessed it. It doesn't seem like it was designed against Duke Yuan." The middle-aged scribe said loudly.

Yuan Bin's complexion changed. For a while, he felt that what the staff said was reasonable, and for a while, he felt worried.

"Madam murdered the first monarch, this matter is indeed beyond the expectations of a certain family." Yuan Bin suppressed the wild thoughts in his heart, and his rough face seemed to be shocked and angry.

In fact, Yuan Bin really didn't know about this matter. Although the two had a connection, Madam Su Guo would not disclose such a confidential matter to Yuan Bin, as it would only give others a handle.

She just sent a lobbyist to Yuan Bin, saying that if she supports her son Su Ming to take the throne, she can entrust all of Su Guoyi's power to Yuan Bin.

In fact, if combined with the experience of Su Zhao being usurped in the previous life, Yuan Bin's motive for rebellion is completely firm, and it was after Yuan Bin used Su Zijin to test Su Zhao's attitude.

Afterwards, the two colluded internally and externally, and came up with a vicious method to make Su Zhao lose morality, which made Su Guo's court officials hesitate to wait and see.

In this era, even though the rites have collapsed, Yuan Bin has no power to stand on his own for the Su Yi family. Otherwise, it would not be a joke for other countries to intervene armed.

Perhaps Yuan Bin will gradually become more ambitious as time goes by after he was assisted in the administration.

Wife Cao, the original idea was just to be the general who conquered the West for the Han Dynasty.

Jia Yi hadn't set out yet, so he rolled his eyes and said in a dark voice, "Sima Qiemo fell for that kid's plan to paralyze him. It's only been two days since that kid has wiped out Sima's influence in the palace one by one. Isn't it worthy of vigilance?"

Hearing this, Yuan Bin's expression of hesitation grew stronger.

"Father, you will know your attitude once you try it." Yuan Ye suddenly said from the side.

"How do you try?" Yuan Bin asked, looking up at his son.

Yuan Ye said: "Father knows that I have taken a fancy to that Su Zijin. If my Yuan family and You Su Yi's family get married, the power of my Yuan family will be as solid as a rock from now on."

Yuan Bin frowned when he heard this, and said with a sneer, "Father sees that you have been dazzled by women's sex. It's a national funeral right now, so why don't you ask my father to propose marriage for you? Although my father hasn't read any books, I know At this time, when you propose a marriage, you will be spat on by someone, how can you say that?"

Yuan Ye's face was sullen and his eyes were gloomy.

The middle-aged scholar at the side said: "Mr. Yuan, although what you said is out of date, it is still a good idea."

"Huh? What did Mr. Xu say?" Yuan Bin asked.

The middle-aged literati surnamed Xu said: "Although we can't test each other by proposing relatives now, Sima can use the excuse that his old illness has relapsed and he can't manage politics. Please resign as Sima and ask the prince's attitude."

Yuan Bin was one of the two senior ministers of the State of Su, and he also held the post of Grand Sima. The former was a nobleman, while the latter was a power.

When Yuan Bin heard that he was going to be released from power, his subconscious anger surged up, and then he seemed to understand the key points.

"If Junhou agrees to combine the previous situation, it means that Junhou has suspicions about Sima, and Sima should make plans early." When Mr. Xu said this, he couldn't help but lower his voice.

Obviously, this early plan, of course, is not about arresting and waiting for death with closed eyes, but raising troops...

"A certain family has Su Yi's life and death for him, how dare he do this?" Yuan Bin glared angrily. Although that scene hadn't happened yet, just thinking about the scene where he was deprived of authority and allowed himself to be a mermaid, he was already burning with anger .

Jia Yi said anxiously: "Sima, if the boy agrees with the situation, then the Grand Sima will lose his military power, so what should we do?"

Yuan Bin glanced at Jia Yi, and said coldly: "The military power of a certain family was not given to him by the Su Yi family, but by a certain family fighting with one sword and one gun."

The Yuan family has many relatives and old friends, who were single-handedly promoted by him, not to mention the [-] soldiers stationed outside Wenyi City, who were under his firm control, even the seven county captains of the Su State, three of them were single-handedly promoted by him.

Don't think it's too small. The State of Su is just a state of marquis, with seven prefectures and 53 counties in its territory, with a population of more than one million and supporting nearly [-] soldiers and officials. The ratio of officials to people is already fifty to one.

And these sergeants are all professional soldiers, they can be called brave and elite, if the country of Su is really in danger, they can be used as the backbone, and one out of every ten soldiers in the country of Su can train nearly [-] armored soldiers in an instant.

In fact, even the Emperor Ji Zhou's family did not always have millions of soldiers at their peak.

In the agricultural era, productivity was low, but among all the countries today, only Jin and Chu, with their vast territory, always have one hundred thousand armored soldiers.

"After the national funeral, Duke Yuan will ask Mr. Yuan to marry the sister of the Junhou. At that time, if the Marquis agrees, Duke Yuan and Yousu Yi's marriage will at least ensure wealth for three generations." The middle-aged scribe said.

Yuan Bin's tiger eyes shone brightly, and he nodded, obviously agreeing with the advice of the staff surnamed Xu.

In Yuan Bin's view, he lived and died for Su Yishi, especially when the Zheng State invaded Su. Without him, Yuan Bin would give up his life and forget his death, how could Su State survive the danger of subjugation and marry Su Yishi? Princess, how dare the kid refuse?
Turning around and seeing Yuan Ye's happy face, Yuan Bin snorted coldly and glared at Yuan Ye.

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The summer was long, so Su Zhao got up early, put on a warrior outfit, took a precious sword, and went to the open space outside the hall.

"Your Majesty." Two young men in their twenties, one looked steady and silent, the other was alert, and they were already there, when they saw Su Zhao, they hurriedly saluted.

Su Zhao nodded to Peng Ji and Cai An. These two were the sons of Peng Yan and Cai Kuang, and they were also his swordsmanship and riding instructors.

In fact, the ancestors of the Su family were also military generals who used swords in their early years. At that time, Emperor Yiwei Ji Zhou pacified the world and was named Su Hou. There are today's vast frontiers.

In the generation of Su Zhao's grandfather, the ruler lived in the temple, strategized, and no longer charged into battle, so he abandoned the sword and used the sword.

Su Zhao's father also felt that Renjun is good at virtue and imperialism, and he didn't have too many expectations for Su Zhao in martial arts. He just followed the nobleman's training method of the six arts of a gentleman, and asked Cai An, who is proficient in swordsmanship, to teach Su Zhao how to use a sword. Peng Ji, who is good at bow and horse, taught Su Zhao how to ride.

But at this moment, Su Zhao clearly has other plans.

"Although the way of swordsmanship is the art of kings, but now that the nations are fighting each other, the simple art of kingship is not enough to rule the world. It should be mixed with the way of kings and overlords... and I have studied swordsmanship intensively in my previous life. Above the innate warriors, no matter how hard they practice right now, it will be difficult to improve their achievements in the short term, on the contrary, it is the family saber technique that has been shelved and has not been learned."

(End of this chapter)