Realm of Power

The rain is hitting the uneven eaves of Guangmu Mancheng, and the white water drops are like lines falling on the blue stone street.

People's hearts are as cold as the rain in front of them,

On the deserted street, a clang of copper bells from the largest temple in Guangmu City came through the rain curtain with a coldness. Every Guangmu person on the street looked ashen. If it was before, There will inevitably be people who stop and listen to the bells coming from the temple. They will not smile until the bells are ringing. Even some wealthy people in the city will wait for the bells to ring in Jiunongwa City. After that, he shouted unscrupulously The sound is so good, the sound can be heard by the whole Guangmu. They just like to look at the blank faces of the imperial patrols on the street. How could these ignorant Western Continent barbarians know the cleverness of this bell? Where, seven seven forty-nine tolls, that was the number of the death knell, a great bad luck, but now, no one does this anymore, even the bells are no longer the continuous tolls of seven seven forty-nine, But after nine consecutive clicks, there is no sound anymore.

Guangmu, which was crowded with people before, is now deserted and deserted, bathing in the first rain of summer.

At the gate of Guangmu City, a convoy of wealthy Guangmu families loaded with family property was slowly leaving the city along the gate of Guangmu City. In front of this convoy, many Guangmu nobles had already chosen to leave Guangmu in panic.

The Long family has given up on Guangmu, Guangmu City is over!

With the news that plunged the whole Guangmu into despair two days ago, fifty-six out of ten wealthy families in Guangmu City left at once. Guangmu's people's hearts have been completely dispersed. No matter how he regained the Long family before, Guangmu was full of enthusiasm, and everyone in Guangmu was severely hit to pieces by the news that came two days ago.

Just two days ago, the head of the Long family, Long Poqin, led an army of 300,000 to attack Guangmu. The strength of the troops could definitely be described as overwhelming. Everyone thought that the Long family's recapture of Guangmu was just a matter of course, and it might even be possible. Without even starting a war, the empire would obediently withdraw from Guangmu, but the result was like a bolt from the blue, shocking the entire Guangmu people.

The Long family's army had arrived less than twenty miles away from Guangmu, but with a letter from the emperor, Long Po, who was regarded as a god of war by both China and Bia, ignored Guangmu without any hesitation. He ordered the army to retreat. They had already arrived at the gate of Guangmu, but they left again. It seemed that in the eyes of the head of the Long family, Guangmu was no longer worthless. Son, when the news came, the hearts of everyone in Guangmu went cold. The southwest nobles in the city who were inextricably linked to the Long family soon received more precise news from their families through their own channels. The Long family had indeed given up. In order to regain Guangmu, they are heading towards the lower reaches of the river with all their strength. All the secrets they had hidden in order to regain Guangmu have now become useless.

"The Long family is really despicable. When they found out that they couldn't regain Guangmu for the time being, they simply encouraged the nobles in these areas to completely destroy Guangmu."

Bai Wufeng, who had just been appointed as the guardian of Guangmu by the emperor, stood on the wall of Guangmu with a murderous look. His eyebrows were slightly furrowed as he looked at the fluttering flag on a carriage blocked by the city gate. His eyes flashed with a cold luster. He said in a loud voice, "That is the Longlu family, one of the largest wealthy families in Guangmu City. It is one of the three major branches that spread out after the Long family took control of the southwest. After decades of hard work in Guangmu, the roots have already been established." All seeped into the vast wood,

It is said that one-half of the shops in Guangmu City have more or less traces of the Long and Lu family. Now they are pretending to leave Guangmu. Obviously they want to tell other scholars in the city that the Long family has given up on Guangmu. As long as If the nobles of Guangmu move, it will have an impact on six southwestern cities over a hundred miles from Guangmu to Lanzhi City.

By then, the situation that has been finally stabilized will soon fall into panic.

To Bai Wufeng's surprise, Princess Mingyue's face looked quite calm, with a slight smile on her lips. It seemed that she had no intention of pursuing the nobles who had dragged away most of the wealth from Guangmu, and even vetoed Bai Wufeng's request. Feng proposed to use force to detain these nobles, but calmly waved his hand.

"Let them go, otherwise, it will be like giving the Long family credit. After all, the empire promised the Long family not to interfere in the departure and stay of the powerful people in these areas."

"But!" Bai Wufeng also wanted to explain the interests to Princess Mingyue. "Don't worry, how much impact the departure of these powerful people will have on us," Princess Mingyue said nonchalantly. "Don't be afraid to tell the truth. It won't take long for these people to leave Guangzhou The southwest nobles of Mu will realize what a big mistake they have made. Even if they cry and want to return to Guangmu, they will never have such a chance! "

"Oh? Your Highness already has a countermeasure?"

Bai Wufeng's face was stunned. The Long family's move was quite vicious. It could be said to be a drain on the bottom of the pot. Since they couldn't take back the land, they simply took away all the nobles and wealthy families in the areas occupied by the empire. What was left was a large number of civilians, and now they have At the beginning of summer, the noble families took away most of Guangmu's property and supplies, but left most of them The civilians were left in Guangmu to be raised by the empire. After the summer, there was a shortage of food. Once there was famine and unrest, it would be a big problem for millions of refugees. Once people's hearts fluctuated, the consequences would be unimaginable, even if the empire finally used force to suppress it. If the wave of refugees is eliminated, the empire will no longer have the energy to take care of the Long family. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

"It's not really a countermeasure. I just got an imperial land decree signed by His Majesty!" Princess Mingyue's eyes flashed with a trace of unnoticeable excitement. She seemed to have thought of something and smiled at the corner of her mouth.

"Land decree?"

"I have never been able to figure it out before, why the empire obviously relied on force to conquer and destroyed countless cities and countries in the Western Continent. More than 80% of the empire's areas were conquered within a few years. Logically speaking, it is a fairly unstable area. , it is impossible to truly become a part of the empire within ten or twenty years, but the magic of the empire lies in this."

Princess Mingyue's voice paused and she said with emotion, "No matter which ethnic group they are, as long as they are conquered by the empire, they will often recognize the dominance of the empire in a short period of time. That's why the empire can miraculously conquer the empire within ten years." It expanded to such an extent within a year, spanning the east and west continents, and controlling a population of 30 million. This is absolutely impossible in any era. In fact, the secret is very simple. It is simply that the empire never cares about those so-called nobles. , but will occupy The land in the region has been distributed to the lowest level and the largest number of civilians. As long as these civilians, who account for the vast majority, support the empire's rule, the empire's rule will be stable. "" As for the nobles whose interests have been harmed, under the powerful force of the empire "Without the support of the common people, what kind of disturbance can be caused?" Princess Mingyue said with a hint of ridicule. She was born in the royal family and was technically the top among the nobles. Commenting on her class like this made her feel very shaken.

"Land? Your Highness is saying that your Majesty signed an order to allocate land to civilians?" Bai Wufeng took a breath when he heard it, and his face was even more shocked. Land, the empire would actually allocate land in occupied areas to farmers. ...It’s no wonder. Bai Wufeng was still surprised at first. Instead of blocking the departure of these southwest nobles, the empire opened the door to facilitate them. There was no need for cross-examination and inspection, and they were just released. It felt like they wanted to sweep out all these southwest nobles. They didn't care at all that the departure of so many regional nobles would cause regional turmoil. It turned out that they had long been planning to carve up these wealthy families. As for the land, if people don’t leave, how can we divide it? Now that people have left, dividing it can be done with just an order!

"No wonder the empire is so powerful. With such a foundation, no one can shake it!"

Bai Wufeng's eyes sparkled, and he couldn't help but smile. The reason why aristocrats are aristocrats is not only because they are superior to others, but also because they have various interests involved. Such a class wants to be in a short period of time. It is very difficult to become one's own within a short period of time. He joined the Empire during the Battle of the Northwest Wilderness. Although he has been with the Empire for more than half a year, he has been in Central Asia and has not even gone to the Empire itself. Yes, of course I don’t know The empire's ruling policies and the methods the empire used to recruit the people from the northwest grasslands in the wilderness had already opened his eyes. Only now that he heard Princess Mingyue say that the empire also had laws to allocate land to civilians did he feel that the empire had given way to the people in the wilderness. Road construction by the people in the northwest grasslands is completely childish. The biggest cornerstone of any dynasty is the common people. For most common people, whoever can keep them fed and clothed is the savior. What's more, in such troubled times,

Even at this moment, a thought flashed through Bai Wufeng's mind, couldn't this have been planned long ago? If the empire wants to stabilize its foothold in the southwest and north in the shortest possible time, the biggest obstacle should come from these southwest nobles. If they go on a killing spree, I am afraid it will cause greater trouble, so it is better to scare all these people away. , after all, these so-called regional wealthy families are actually the largest landowners in the region.

In Zhongbia, there are only two types of land. One is official land. About 20% of such land is the land. The rest is the land of wealthy families. If the Zhongbia Empire was just established, there may still be some Independent farmers have experienced more than a hundred years of annexation by wealthy families. Except for official fields, they are the fields of wealthy families in various places. In the southwest, there are not even official fields. Except for the fields of the Long family, they are the fields of wealthy families in other regions. The entire West The tens of millions of people living in the south are basically farmers from the Long family and other wealthy families in the area. Don’t look at the fact that all these wealthy families have left Guangmu. Under normal circumstances, these wealthy families will still send people to Guangmu every quarter to collect various goods. The land fees, like sucking blood, turned the southwest and north occupied by the empire into their own back gardens. But now, once the imperial decree is promulgated and the land is redistributed to farmers, these lands have nothing to do with these wealthy families.

"These southwest aristocrats, who are fully planning to take advantage of the empire, don't even know that they were sold out by the Long family this time. The Long family wants to take over the court and win over various forces from the Song family. What they lack most is money, so Encourage them to go south. If they stay in Guangmu, it may not be easy to handle. Now, even a branch of the Long family like the Long Lu family has reached the headquarters of the Long family, which is in urgent need of a large amount of property to support the court. All the skin and bones have to be pulled out, not to mention These trivial regional nobles, it is a blessing for the Long family to allow them to have a meal, and they all run to die stupidly!" Princess Mingyue tapped her fingers lightly on the cold broad wooden battlements and looked at Long Lu. Shan was sitting on a sedan chair carried by four servants, wearing a green shirt and humming a tune leisurely. He felt that the other party was really pathetic. He felt that just a few days ago, he was angry with this guy who was about to lose everything. It was really inappropriate. worth,

And just as Fatty Fatty said, people's top priority is interests. Don't look at the fact that Guangmu City ignores the Empire. With the departure of these nobles, as long as the land decree is promulgated, Guangmu people's people will turn to the side of the Empire in the shortest possible time. Guangmu is the Guangmu who truly belongs to the empire, and he can truly let go of his hands and feet in Guangmu City and respond to everything at once!

The sun has already moved halfway from the sky to the west, and the sunlight slants on Mongolia's armor, reflecting the cold light.

In front of Mongolia, a large number of prairie cavalry were surrounding a city. Arrows were clustered like locusts. The grassland infantrymen holding heavy shields had climbed all over the city's earth walls like ants climbing candy. The height is not too high, and on top of the earth wall, those who are struggling to kill are also prairie people, and those who come from below are There were too many infantrymen on the grassland. When one of their scimitars fell down, someone would come up to pick him up. The fighting sent sparks all over the sky, which already made him red-eyed on both sides. The heavy-armored infantry attacked and was thrown against the city wall by the opponent's legs. Coming down, the Fengtai tribesmen behind them didn't even take a breath before they were ready to attack again.

On the city wall, the Yelu family and the Fengtai tribe, who used to be in the same camp, are now crowded together, with flesh and blood stumps crowding the ground, and blood splashing around like bursting tomatoes. The city wall under the early summer sun, It's like touching a thick layer of absorbent paper, each piece absorbs the blood fully

"Pa" The flagpole tied with the Yelu family's battle flag was cut off, and the battle flag immediately fell down and was grabbed by a pair of strong hands. Mongolia smiled ferociously, raised his whip, and said to the generals behind him, "I saw it all." Well, I raised the flag and entered the imperial capital. Yelu Hongtai just watched and didn't dare to take action. But now, we have taken four of the seven border towns in the north of the Yelu family in one fell swoop. Even the tribes who have allied themselves with each other will not save them. It can be seen that Yelu Now everyone has rebelled against their relatives. As for the tribes who are still waiting to see the situation, as long as we clear out these seven border cities, they will follow us to the Imperial Capital like hungry wolves smelling the smell of blood. At that time, if they want to leave the Imperial Capital If this big piece of fat gets a piece of the pie, he has to listen to the orders of my Fengtai tribe no matter what. If we capture the imperial capital, our Fengtai tribe can legitimately establish the Fengtai Royal Court and bring the glory of the Golden Family back to the world."