Chapter 191 I Admire His Courage

After hearing Wang Yong's words, Lu Shuyun said with a smile: "My ninth brother really dares to touch anything, but then again, this is probably my father's intention."

Lu Chen was just a vassal king.

Lu Shuyun didn't quite believe that Lu Chen could say, "In the whole world, could it be the land of the king? On the shore of the land, could it be the ministers of the king?"

Wang Yong said: "Your Highness, whether this is King Bei's own idea or His Majesty's, as long as anyone dares to start this, our family will not be able to make it easy for him."

"The people who came up with this reform measure have sinister intentions. They want to completely wipe out our family."

It's no wonder that Wang Yong reacted fiercely. Beijun's land reform measures have obviously touched the most sensitive nerves of the aristocratic families.

Today's aristocratic families are all the beneficiaries of land annexation. Now suddenly someone wants to take back the ownership of the land to the supreme ruler, or hand it over to the country, or even prohibit land sales in the future. Isn't this digging into the roots of their aristocratic family?

Although this is just a spark, the family will never allow such a spark to appear.

Lu Shuyun said at this time: "Now that I have received the news, it is estimated that others have also received the news. It seems that the court tomorrow will be very lively."

The land-owning forces are not only the aristocratic families, but also the scholar-bureaucrat class. Among those who are officials, which one has tens of thousands of acres of fertile land.

The Northern King blatantly took back the land ownership of the fiefdom to the hands of one of his vassal kings. Even he, the vassal king, dared to do this. So could Emperor Xia do the same in the future? Therefore, officials will inevitably oppose King Bei's doing this, even if King Bei only does it in his own fiefdom.

Lu Shuyun seemed to have seen the scene of the Manchu civil and military impeachment of Lu Chen.

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at the same time.

Daxia Palace, in the Imperial Garden.

Emperor Xia took the information in his hand and looked at it again and again. His eyes did not move away from the information in his hand for a long time.

At this time, Emperor Xia murmured: "In the whole world, is it the king's land? On the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers..."

"Domineering...so domineering..."

"Is this really what Xiaojiu can say?"

Having said this, Emperor Xia directly flew the information in his hand towards Situ Ce in the pavilion. Situ Ce casually caught the information thrown by Emperor Xia and glanced at it.

Seeing the contents of the information, Situ Ce finally understood why Emperor Xia had been standing there just now after reading the information, and his eyes had been scanning the information.

There is no doubt that King Bei's words, "Everything in the world is not the king's soil, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers" will definitely cause shock in Daxia.

Although the Daxia Dynasty was nominally founded by the Daxia royal family, and all the land in the world belonged to the emperor, it was only in name.

No emperor dared to directly enact a special decree on land ownership to stipulate that all land in Daxia belonged to the emperor. If anyone dared to do this, his throne would be over.

There has never been a person in this world, no king, who has ever said this sentence: "The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers."

The general meaning of this sentence is that all the land in the world belongs to the king, and all the people are the king's subjects.

Although the truth is such a truth, as a king and a ruler, you absolutely cannot say this.

If all the land in the world belonged to the royal family, wouldn't it be in vain for those who fought against Taizu Xia to conquer the world?

Precisely because he had never said this sentence before, Emperor Xia felt extremely shocked after seeing this sentence.

Especially after reading the intelligence about Beijun's reform measures, he found that Beiwang was a thousand times more radical than his father.

Although he is still not sure whether Lu Chen is his biological son, Lu Chen's words instantly made him have a good impression of Lu Chen.

From the beginning of the founding of Daxia to the present, many emperors were ambitious when they ascended the throne, intending to follow the example of Taizu Xia's ancestors in opening up territories and achieving great achievements to make Daxia the most powerful dynasty in the world.

As a result, they were restricted by various forces and obstructed by aristocratic families. In the end, the court was controlled by aristocratic families. The emperors had nowhere to display their talents and could only indulge in lust in the palace, and eventually died of old age.

When Lu Xingqiu ascended the throne, he was also full of enthusiasm, thinking that he would definitely become another emperor after Xia Taizu who would expand his territory.

He did succeed in opening up new territories. He destroyed the Chen State. However, after destroying the Chen State, he found that his orders were becoming less and less effective. Whatever he wanted to do, he would always be punished by the court. The aristocratic family obstructed.

As an emperor, he was unable to control the entire court, which made him feel extremely ashamed. He finally understood that if the aristocratic family is not destroyed, Daxia will never be his Daxia. He is just a member of the aristocratic family. It's just a puppet pushed to the top.

When Lu Xingqiu saw several of his princes getting involved with those aristocratic families, he was very disappointed with them. At the same time, he also believed that if this continued, the next Xia Emperor of Great Xia might not be the next Xia Emperor. He has even been the puppet of the aristocratic family for generations.

At this time, Emperor Xia's inner emotions were a little complicated. He didn't expect that the first prince who dared to stand up and openly challenge the family was actually the prince he disliked the most and hated the most.

After reading the intelligence in his hand, Situ Ce put it on the desk and asked, "I once said that the King of the North has the ambition of Emperor Xia, but Your Majesty did not believe it. Do you believe what I said before?"

Hearing what Situ Ce said, Emperor Xia sneered, "I admire his courage for saying this, but it is foolish to expose his ideas in advance when he has no strength. He will not only be collectively impeached by the officials of the aristocratic families and the literati, but also face endless assassinations."

Lu Chen's reform measures in the North have stimulated the aristocratic families and the literati class. They will not let Lu Chen continue to live, even if Emperor Xia may exist behind Lu Chen.

Land interests are their fundamental interests. They will not let anyone touch their core interests, let alone the vassal kings, even Emperor Xia will not do it.

It is precisely because of this that Emperor Xia admires Lu Chen very much.

Lu Chen jumped out to raise the issue of land ownership, which is almost like putting life and death aside.

At the same time, Emperor Xia was somewhat curious. The heavy cavalry of Beijun had been destroyed. Why did Lu Chen dare to reform Beijun at this time? It was fine to reform Beijun, but he even wanted to touch the land ownership.

The mysterious force behind Lu Chen was not afraid that Lu Chen would be killed? Or were they very confident in their strength and believed that they could protect Lu Chen? So they let Lu Chen do whatever he wanted?

At this time, Emperor Xia looked at Situ Ce and asked, "National Master, how do you think I should deal with the impeachment of Xiaojiu by the officials of the noble families tomorrow? Should I order to stop the reform of Beijun, or directly abolish his position as a vassal king?"

Lu Chen touched the taboo and would inevitably be impeached. This was certain. The key was how he, the emperor, should express his position.

If there was no punishment for Lu Chen's actions, the officials would think that he must have the same idea as Lu Chen. He had already offended the noble families. If he offended the scholar-official class again, it would not be good for him as the emperor.

Hearing the question from Emperor Xia, Situ Ce smiled faintly, and then said: "It is legal for the vassal king to carry out reforms on his own fiefdom."

Hearing Situ Ce's answer, Emperor Xia was very dissatisfied, "National Master, you are pretending to be confused."

"He carried out reforms on his own fiefdom, which is of course no problem, but he touched on the issue of land ownership. If this is not explained to the noble families and the literati, it may cause unrest in Daxia."

Situ Ce said: "Then your majesty will call back the 20,000 imperial troops in Beijun, let the King of the North defend the north alone, and declare that no more aid will be given to the King of the North in the future. Without a safe environment, the King of the North's reforms will naturally not be able to proceed."

Although he said so, Situ Ce didn't think so in his heart. In his opinion, since the King of the North had raised the issue of land, the King of the North was ready to deal with the noble families and the literati class.

This also indirectly shows that the heavy cavalry of Beijun is probably fine. All this is a smokescreen released by the King of Beijun, otherwise he would not dare to do so. Therefore, even if the imperial army is transferred back, it will not have any impact on Beijun.

Situ Ce approves of Lu Chen's approach. In his opinion, Lu Chen's reform measures are not only fine, but also proposed at the right time, because the court has no spare energy to care about what he is doing in Beijun.

Of course, there will probably be many assassins going to Beijun to find trouble with Lu Chen in the next period of time.

However, Situ Ce believes that Lu Chen, the young master, should have no problem dealing with the assassinations of the noble families.

Emperor Xia thought about what Situ Ce said and thought that Situ Ce's method could indeed deal with it temporarily.

Now is the war period between the two dynasties. If the throne of the vassal king is deprived, it is likely to force the vassal king to rebel. Using the war as an excuse, a little punishment of the King of Beijun will be enough.

With war as an excuse, no matter how uncomfortable those aristocratic families and scholar-officials are, they will not say anything. If the princes are forced to rebel, it will lead to a greater crisis in Daxia, and those officials will not be able to bear this responsibility.