jdhmnovel Chapter 276 Lin Yue Past
Chapter 276 Lin Yue Past
Wu Liu felt that his princess was getting more and more powerful. She was so good at acting cute and adorable. She was just copying Meng Er!!
Seeing that his master and brother decided to tell everything, although Mu Hao disagreed, he did not hide it and occasionally added a few words. It would be good for his niece to know in advance. If she really decided to go to Zhuocheng, at least she could be mentally prepared in advance.
Then, Shen Yu heard a completely new story that completely overturned all her impressions...
It turns out that the last monarch of the previous dynasty a hundred years ago voluntarily abdicated.
At the beginning, he clearly still had a trump card of fighting power. If he really fought hard, the former dynasty might not change hands. However, in order to end the war early and prevent the people of the world from continuing to suffer from the ravages of war, he personally opened the city gates and surrendered, but on the condition that he needed to choose a remote city for the noble families to retreat to, and he was willing to commit suicide...
In fact, the five-city division model of Linyue Kingdom was borrowed from the previous imperial court, but the new king of Linyue was smarter, at least all the city lords had the surname Lu.
In the previous dynasty, the ones who jointly governed the country with the emperor were actually the major aristocratic families. At the beginning of the establishment of the previous dynasty, each family contributed equally, which led to no one of them submitting to the other. But a country must have an emperor, so an emperor was elected as the leader, and a group of leaders assisted in governing the country together. The leaders, of course, were the heads of the various families.
At that time, the power of the aristocratic families was extremely great. One family was in charge of the military, one family was in charge of the personnel department, one family was in charge of the ritual department, and so on ... The end result was that each family was only concerned with taking power and benefits back to their own garrisons. No one cared when the harvest failed, no one repaired the burst dikes of the rivers, and no one cared about the complaints of the people. As a result, the previous dynasty only existed for less than a hundred years before it was destroyed.
The current Lu family, the royal family of Linyue State, was actually the only family back then that still cared about the lives of the people.
They used all their resources, contributed money and effort to help the people overcome difficulties time and time again, and won the love of the people. So, rather than saying that the Lu family won the battle in the end, it would be more accurate to say that they were pushed to the top after the people rioted.
After all, most of the people at that time resisted under the banner of "overthrowing the aristocratic families", and the rebels even killed people from the aristocratic families on sight. So strictly speaking, it was the people who elected the Lu family as emperor, rather than the Lu family declaring themselves emperor.
The last monarch of the previous dynasty also understood that the hatred between the aristocratic families and the common people was irreconcilable, so letting the aristocratic families retreat to remote areas was like leaving them a glimmer of hope.
Hearing this, Shen Yu thought that this monarch was actually quite sinister. The condition for surrender was to gather the noble families in a remote city to live? Wouldn't this just let them kill each other?
"So, this city near the lake is Zhuocheng, right?" Shen Yu asked.
"Yes! That's why I don't want you to go. There are too many unstable factors there!" King De sighed, "The result back then was obvious. The monarch of the previous dynasty committed suicide, Linyue State was established, the noble families were forced to open up wasteland, and Zhuo City was established a few years later..."
"Will they be so obedient and go over to open up the wasteland?" Shen Yu expressed his disbelief.
Prince De was very happy that she thought of this, with a look of pride that his child was really smart, "Of course not! Because the new emperor didn't want to keep the hidden danger of the noble families, and there happened to be two noble families who were unwilling to leave the prosperous Luo City. These two families joined forces with the new emperor to kill all the other noble families..."
Shen Yu suddenly had a bad feeling, "One of these two families... wouldn't the surname be Su?"
Prince De nodded, but he didn't have too much emotion. After all, it wasn't the teacher who made this decision. He even fell seriously ill when he took over as the head of the family and learned about this family secret history, because he couldn't accept that the Su family, a century-old family, was actually a despicable villain who betrayed their alliance...
Shen Yu thought that his grandfather was very brave. "So... the whole Su family left this time? Is it related to this matter?"
This time it was Mu Hao who answered first, "Yes! In fact, after the teacher learned about this, he decided to quit the court. He originally wanted to take his family to Zhuocheng to fulfill the promise of his ancestors..."
"What! Grandpa and the others are in Zhuocheng now!? Aren't they in Yuncheng!!!" Shen Yu was very surprised. She could see her family when she returned? Although she had never seen anyone from the Su family, in little Shen Yu's memory, everyone in the Su family was kind.
Unfortunately, she was poured cold water the next second, "No, Yuncheng is where the teacher's wife's family came from. There were some problems there, so the teacher and the others went there."
Shen Yu looked at him and asked, "Uncle Mu, what about you? Were you also one of them?"
He smiled indifferently, "I guess so. By the time it was passed down to my generation, only the side branches were left. It's better not to mention it!"
Seeing that he didn't want to talk, Shen Yu didn't want to continue asking. Instead, Wu Zhong suddenly stepped forward and glanced at Shen Yu. She understood immediately, "What about me? What does this have to do with me? What does this have to do with my Yingxing? My Yingxing has been taken here since he was a child. Isn't it said that the emperor has always disliked the Emperor of Zhuocheng? Then what's going on? Is he safe when he goes back this time?!"
Seeing that he should go ahead and say short things, and also emphasized that it was my family's, the secret guards finally felt relieved. Well, the princess won't run away!
Prince De looked at her with a half-smile. How could he not understand that the young couple had a good relationship? Otherwise, with Yu'er's trouble-averse personality, how could she possibly run around for him? But this kind of bad feeling of having one's own cabbage eaten by a pig was really uncomfortable, causing him to glance coldly at Wu Zhong and said coldly, "Humph! Just him, he simply doesn't know what's good for him. Originally, our plan would have been fulfilled if he had stayed for another year, but he was so smart that he went to cooperate with the prince of Youcheng. Now... hehe!"
Wu Zhong knew that his master was not welcome, but he was not angry. After all, the former prince obviously treated his princess as his daughter, so they just had to treat her like the relatives in the royal palace.
He answered with a smile, neither humble nor arrogant, "Our prince has known about the actions of Youcheng for a long time, so he has been on guard. Speaking of which, the fact that we were able to lead the troops into Youcheng smoothly this time is also thanks to the princess! It is also the prince's great honor to marry the princess..."
When the King of De heard him say this, he immediately calmed down and said, "Humph! Of course I'm telling you that!"
Listening to their conversation, Shen Yu was completely at a loss, "Youcheng? What does this have to do with Youcheng?" What about her Tianer's hometown? Hope something doesn't happen?
Prince De's attitude also became more serious. "Alas... The current situation in Youcheng is actually the same as that in the previous dynasty. The royal family there has basically been sidelined by the aristocratic families. The Yun family, who should have retreated to Zhuocheng, secretly settled down in Youcheng. Hundreds of years have passed, and they probably want to resume their old business..."
Shen Yu frowned when he heard this, "The Yun family? Isn't the concubine who harmed Tian'er surnamed Yun?"
She thought about it for a moment, and suddenly her mind was opened, "They are not going to annex Youcheng, enter Gongzhuocheng, and then establish themselves as king, right?"
Seeing the three people looking at her in shock, her pupils constricted.
Damn, I was just saying it casually! ! ! !