Realm of Power

The Tangtang Baili Changting River passes through the Jinliang River and merges into Dijing West Road. The river is long and long. When the waves ripple on the river, there are sounds of insects chirping after nightfall on both sides. Fireflies dance like stars on both sides of the river. When ships pass by, , as if being dispersed by a pair of invisible hands, then gathered together again. The hazy beauty of the singing from the boat, the bright red lanterns on the river, and the laughter of the orioles and swallows made it difficult for the Central and Asian people on Dijing West Road to compare with what they were half a month ago. The scene that shook the entire Dijing West Road, like a bloodbath, was linked again

With the issuance of the Anmin Proclamation, Lu Yangyu, the chief culprit, was sent to the south to negotiate with the Zhongbia court as punishment by the outraged imperial high-level officials. You must know that none of the big businessmen from aristocratic families whom Lu Yangyu purged were not in agreement with Zhongbia. Asian dynasties have close ties, and many of them are even Chinese and Asian dynasties. Among the descendants and relatives of the ministers, if we say who is the person most hated by the Zhongbia court now, it must be Lu Yangyu. There are even rumors that on the day the murderous demon king Lu Yangyu arrived in Xinjing in the south, there were already Hundreds of noble families are lining up to eat his flesh raw. The murderous devil is dead! "This kind of person really deserves to die, but he just accepted some insults and killed tens of thousands of people. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is really a murderer." It is said that the Cao family in the south has hired the killers from Tianji Tower at a high price. As long as Lu Yangyu dares to step into Xinjing. , kill immediately"

Various opinions have been agitated on Dijing West Road. It seems that everyone is using their imagination to argue about how Lu Yangyu died, but no one has noticed that the more people tease Lu Yangyu, the more The impression of the bloody street has become dull, and the Central and African people no longer feel afraid.

What are you afraid of! The person currently in charge of the affairs of the Imperial Bank is Her Royal Highness Princess Mingyue, who is famous throughout Central Asia for her kindness and strength. The person assisting in handling the affairs is Li Yuehua, who is known as the Buddha of thousands of families. These two people are enough to quickly stabilize the common people on Imperial Capital West Road. The Dijing West Road aristocratic families, who were in a bit of a commotion, all breathed a sigh of relief.

One of these two people is the real eldest princess of the royal family, with an extremely noble status, and the other is Li Clan, one of the four noble families, who can also be regarded as a princess. If we want to annihilate the Zhongbia family, these two are the biggest Family, since the empire has asked these two to clean up the situation, it is enough to show the empire’s conciliatory attitude towards the families in Central and South Africa.

This is enough. Who has just escaped from the blood-stained butcher's knife of the empire? Who dares to say one more word? Even the news that this murderous man Lu Yangyu left the Imperial Capital West Road and went south to negotiate came out. The heads of dozens of remaining aristocratic families were all By chance, they were waiting to see off Lu Yangyu at the pier early. When he saw Lu Yangyu getting off the carriage, they rushed up to him and almost knocked Lu Yangyu away. I was scared to death, thinking that these aristocratic families were here to destroy me, but in the end they were greeted with a flood of flattery-like compliments, as if they were grateful to Lu Yangyu for sparing them in that bloodbath. In the end, even Lu Yangyu himself felt that he was not He did something extraordinary and got on the boat drunkenly, standing on the bow of the boat and waving goodbye to these aristocratic families.

"Are these people crazy? It doesn't matter if they don't cause trouble for Lu Yangyu, but they are all trying to fawn over them with a shy face. I really can't figure out why this is the case."

Princess Mingyue walked into the emperor's office angrily. She was the head of the Central Asian Branch of the Imperial Bank. Lu Yangyu went south to negotiate as a deacon of the Imperial Bank. Thinking that Lu Yangyu actually took such a big blame for himself this time, Princess Mingyue I decided to see him off in person. Who knew that he hadn’t even gotten off the carriage yet? Looking out at the dock from the curtain of the carriage, she was stunned on the spot when she saw the scene. When she saw a group of aristocratic families who were considered to be well-known in Central and South Asia surrounding Lu Yangyu all the way behind her, Princess Mingyue finally knew what shamelessness meant. , each one performed worse than the batch that was killed earlier, So much so that Princess Mingyue wondered if she had run to the wrong dock. It seemed that the person the heads of the high-ranking clans were reluctant to leave was not the notorious culprit or executioner in a night of bloodshed, but a certain famous celebrity. It seems that the high-ranking scholars in Asia are about to go south to preach. Thinking back to the heyday, Even if Mr. Lianhua, who is known as the most eminent scholar in the imperial capital, went on a lecture tour south, only twenty or thirty aristocratic families were seen farewell, and it was recorded as a once-in-a-hundred-year visit to Shengjing. However, there were not to mention twenty or thirty people on the pier in front of him. , that is, there are fifty or sixty of them. Except for those who were eradicated, the others have all come!

In Princess Mingyue's impression, the reputation of these aristocratic families in the past was still very good. The head of the Lu family was a strong official who was born as an imperial censor. He had always been upright in dealing with the outside world, but he offended too many people, so that the An family banquet was I didn't invite him, but today, he actually gave Lu Yangyu a famous painting in front of everyone with a flattering look on his face, and blatantly bribed him. The old man of the Hua family is an official of the Ministry of Etiquette. Born, with many years of ups and downs, he has always been open-mouthed and closed-mouthed. He dare not say how tough he is, but at least he is not a follower. Today, he actually treated Lu Yangyu with a look of honor and called himself a villain. Such a scene, if Princess Mingyue had not witnessed it with her own eyes. , even if you beat me to death, you won’t believe it. "Under the heavy burden of life and death for the whole family, all hard bones will become soft. If you have already been soft once, what will happen if you become soft again?"

The emperor didn't care about this. He closed the document in his hand and looked at the somewhat confused Princess Mingyue. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The eldest princess of China and Belgium has an extremely keen sense of the overall situation, but she also has shortcomings in details. It is very obvious that this may be the source of the tragedy of the eldest princess being robbed by foreign tribes twice and experiencing ups and downs.

"What do you mean? 'Princess Mingyue is also smart as ice and snow, and there is a hint of deep meaning in it." Can't you tell, those aristocratic families are not going to send Lu Yangyu off, they are simply here to express their attitude to the Imperial Bank. They want to get the Empire Bank loan! "The fat man feels that there is no point in hiding it. Besides, Lu Yangyu is from the Imperial Bank, and he is directly under Princess Mingyue. Instead of having trouble explaining later, it is better to speak openly now, and said in a solemn voice

"Two-thirds of the upper echelons of the Imperial West Road Business Alliance have been purged. The trade routes extending from the Imperial West Road to the four directions, except for the Kumi clan who still controls the north, have no strong controllers anymore. This means that , whoever can get the support of the Imperial Bank will be able to To become the next powerful controller of trade routes, even the most upright person will be tempted by such interests." "There are always people who are not afraid of power and not greedy for fame and fortune!" Li Yuehua's pretty face turned red with frustration. There is no doubt that Fatty classified those Chinese and Biya aristocratic families into this category.

"Of course there are people who are truly not afraid of death, but those who just want to keep their name and don't care about their family will come to the Imperial Capital West Road! Now that they have come to the Imperial Capital West Road, it proves that not many of them are hard-core!" Emperor He glanced at the corner of his mouth and looked out the window at the bright spring scenery. A melodious voice came and said in a condensed voice. "If you want to know the lucrative positions vacated by the great merchants of the slaughtered aristocratic families, whoever gets them can guarantee the prosperity of the family for at least fifty years. Anyone would be tempted, and all of this will undoubtedly depend on Lu Yangyu attitude, do you think I asked Lu Yangyu to go south now just to disgust the Central and Bian court?

"Then you asked Lu Yangyu to go south to negotiate, wouldn't it be the same..." A thought suddenly flashed in Princess Mingyue's mind, and the delicate body couldn't help but shuddered, and her face changed. Although she thought that the emperor asked Lu Yangyu to go south, it was not all bad. It was about a loan, but I didn’t think about it that way, and now it’s been revealed , I suddenly felt a little bitter and unspeakable. No wonder the emperor didn’t fully explain what he was hesitating about. It turned out that he was simply poaching the corners of the Zhongbia court. The so-called reason why those high-ranking families can last longer and longer than ordinary families. , because the high-end family knows better what compromise and dependence are."

"That's right, Lu Yangyu went south to negotiate with the Zhongbia court on the surface, but actually he went to negotiate with the Zhongbia court family." The fat man knew that he couldn't hide it anymore. He smiled bitterly and simply stopped hiding it. , admitted openly and said, "The Long family has evacuated Luzhou, and the Aden army has conquered the city of Luzhou." Defence, steady your steps, the next step must be to launch a full-scale attack on Xinjing in China and Biya. Once the war breaks out, the ministers have to consider finding a way out for themselves. They can run away, but there are so many What to do with their property? They need a safe enough place and a strong enough backer.

If there hadn't been a night of bloodshed, even if Lu Yangyu had spent ten times more effort, who knows how much Lu Yangyu, the Imperial Bank's deacon, weighed, and how he would have convinced all the ministers in the Central and Asian courts to recognize the Imperial Bank's strength.

But now everything is not a problem. Lu Yangyu has proven his strength. I believe that the moment Lu Yangyu arrives in Zhongbia’s new capital, all the families in the Zhongbia court will be in commotion. No one can get into the position of an important minister in the court. A few of them are blind. The Zhongbia court is now a hollowed-out tree. Before the tree falls, they will definitely choose to jump on the Imperial Bank ship."

After listening to the fat man's words, Princess Mingyue's pretty face turned pale and silent. Although she no longer considered herself to be a member of the Zhongbia royal family, she couldn't help but feel a faint pain in her heart when she heard such words. The three hundred-year-old prosperous Zhongbia dynasty Finally came to the end, the Aden people from the south landed, Luzhou was in ruins, and the port of Liucheng, which was a source of wealth, became Blank, millions of refugees cannot be resettled and can only be left alone. The Southern Mountains and the Southwest Long family are already obviously self-reliant. Not a penny of the money, taxes, and food collected will be paid out. The emperor is still treating himself as a holy king. Not only did they not know how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, they actually increased taxes twelve times in two months to expand military spending and build the magnificent Imperial Palace.

The blue sky is dotted with white clouds. The southern city with pleasant temperature is leisurely inside and outside the city. In the bright summer sunshine, little shades of trees fall on the roads and courtyards. Birds fly among the painted boats on the river bed. The ancient Pedestrians come and go in the city, and the melodious singing voice of Mu Chun'er, who is famous in Xinjing, is indeed like the singing of birds in the spring of May. It is a kind of sprouting in the ears. The woman sitting in front twirled her fingers lightly, lowered her eyebrows and lowered her head. She did not always smile and look at the audience like ordinary performers, but was fully integrated into the lyrics and music, giving this figure a unique air of selflessness. A good-looking maid stood on both sides gently shaking her fan. Her pink summer dress showed off her slender waist and small feet wearing goose-yellow white embroidered shoes.

Lu Yangyu leaned half of his body on the wooden chair, listening to the melodious singing voice, but he did not look at Mu Chun'er, but fell on the mountains in the distance, as if sinking into selfless memories, Lu Yangyu I didn’t expect that arriving in Xinjing would be such a scene. Prime Minister Yu Fenglong came to receive him in person, and three-quarters of the court ministers came. This kind of treatment is only for the head of a country, let alone a third-grade Lu family. "The time was rushed and the arrangement was simple. After a while, Master Lu, are you still used to it? "

An official from the Ministry of Rites stood respectfully by the side. Lu Yangyu's brother had just been transferred to the position of Deputy Minister of Rites, so the reception was given to the Ministry of Rites. This time, the Zhongya court was presided over by Prime Minister Yu Fenglong himself. The Zhongya court was indeed in a fiscal deficit, which could not be concealed during the negotiations. However, the Zhongya court asked for a loan of 10 million yuan. Lu Yangyu felt that the Zhongya court was whimsical. Prime Minister Yu Fenglong did not seem to be in a hurry. He always stopped talking after a while. He was originally a little worried that he would be harassed by these noble families, but there was not even one time. It seemed that everyone had forgotten that the murderer who massacred tens of thousands of people in the West Road of the Imperial Capital overnight was Lu Yangyu in front of him. Such an atmosphere made Lu Yangyu feel a little uneasy. It was too weird. If the other party had not restricted his freedom of movement and provided him with all kinds of good things, Lu Yangyu would have suspected that he was being kept.

Lu Yangyu did not know that he had already caused the undercurrent in the Central and New Capital. If it were not for the pressure from Prime Minister Yu Fenglong, the noble families in the court would have run away long ago. By the time he got here, the court was out of money, but the important officials had made a lot of money from it. Half of the taxes from various places were divided before entering the treasury. The military expenses allocated were deducted layer by layer, and in the end, only five or six coppers fell into the hands of the soldiers. If the fiscal revenue for the entire quarter was three million, then the 800,000 that appeared in the court's official report could be regarded as a model of worrying about the country and the people.

As the emperor said, with such huge wealth, who among the important officials in the court would be willing to accompany the dynasty to collapse, and would not foolishly wait for the Aden army to come in in Xinjing. In such a situation, Lu Yangyu, the deacon of the Imperial Bank who had just become famous in Central Asia, fell from the sky like a life-saving straw. This was the last chance to jump out of the fire pit. Lu Yangyu had the strong funds of the Imperial Bank. He was able to empty the Six City Port in one fell swoop, and naturally he could also empty Xinjing in Central Asia. What's more, the person in charge of the Imperial Bank was the eldest princess of the royal family, Princess Mingyue, a member of the royal family, who was enough to ensure that the interests of the family would not be swallowed up by the empire. What else could not be trusted!

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