The lure of immortality

Liu Buqi was full of doubts. Although he knew that it was a bit wrong for Yue Chengqiu to be called the Prince Regent, he didn't think it was a big deal!

After hearing what Lu Ren said, it seems that there is another hidden story!

"Yue Beiqiu was assassinated. It took Yue Chengqiu less than a month to completely destroy his two brothers. In fact, he has already inherited the position of Tiance Mansion!"

"But it wasn't until two months later that His Majesty announced to the world that his status was confirmed, and that he would be the regent as the Crown Prince, not the Crown Prince!"

"The reason is that the current emperor doesn't want to acknowledge the existence of Yue Beiqiu at all, and wants to completely erase all his merits and demerits!"

Liu Buqi listened to Lu Ren's story silently, but a huge wave was already rising in his heart!

According to the current status, after Yue Hua's death, the heir to the throne will be Crown Prince Yue Chengqiu! Although everyone now knows that he actually inherited the mantle of Yue Beiqiu.

But what about a hundred years from now? What about two hundred years from now? As long as Yue Beiqiu's existence is completely erased from history books, then this person will not exist in history hundreds of years from now!

Even if this person once turned the tide! Once held sway over the government! Once was known to the world!

In the era that he traveled to, even if there were video materials left, there might be huge deviations in the understanding of history a hundred years ago, not to mention the current era where records are dependent on writing by historians!

But if Yue Hua wants to do all this, he must solve a difficult problem, which is that he needs Yue Chengqiu to cooperate with his grandfather and erase the evidence of his father's existence!

It's very difficult to achieve this! It's also very easy to say it's easy! As long as Yue Chengqiu has to rely on Yue Hua! Has to rely on Yue Hua's current power! Has to rely on the political legacy left by Yue Hua after his death!

Then, in history, there would only be a wise and brave leader of the revival, Yue Hua, instead of being suppressed by his son and becoming a puppet in the court!

Yue Hua is disregarding everything for the sake of his posthumous reputation!

If it weren't for Lu Ren's explanation, it would be difficult for Liu Buqi, as a modern person, to understand and empathize with this kind of thinking!

This actually means replacing the loyal minister's "leaving a loyal heart to shine in history" with the ruler of the world's "leaving wisdom to shine in history"!

Therefore, Yue Hua would rather let Guannei Hou become more powerful than not suppress Yue Chengqiu's status until he compromised and agreed to control Tiance Mansion in the name of the Regent Prince!

Therefore, Yue Hua would rather let Guannei Hou confront the imperial court than to destroy Yue Lingxi's enthronement as king, stop Yue Chengqiu from pacifying the Youzhou forces, and prevent him from quickly dealing with Yue Wuji!

To put it bluntly, he was stalling for time, stalling until Yue Chengqiu could no longer afford to stall! Stalling until Yue Chengqiu had no choice but to follow his path! Stalling until Yue Beiqiu could only rely on his power to truly sit on the supreme throne!

Even if it means raising a tiger to cause trouble, it is worth it!

"Listening to your words is worth ten years of reading! Although Buqi boasts that his strategy is no less than that of ordinary people, his understanding of the ways of the world is still lacking! If the head of the family does not enlighten me, I am afraid I will suffer great losses in the future!"

Liu Buqi bowed sincerely in thanks! An old man in the family is like a treasure! Lu Ren is indeed the great help Lingxi needs most right now!

"Uncle! Buqi would like to invite you to serve as the Civil Affairs Commissioner of Youzhou and come to the capital immediately to assist Lingxi. What do you think?"

This statement shocked Lu Li who was standing by! This official position that he had never dared to dream of before was just handed over to him by Liu Buqi?

Even Lu Ren was a little excited, and there seemed to be a special light in his eyes!

That was a scene he had fantasized about countless times when he was young, a dream he thought would never come true!

Dare to compete with the heroes of the world! Dare to compete with the kings and nobles!

"The Lord of Youzhou's mother has come to invite me personally, how dare this humble official, Lü Ren, disobey her orders! I'll spend my life accompanying Lingxi in the capital to have some fun with those old guys!"

Amidst his hearty laughter, tears were already streaming from the corners of Lu Ren's eyes!

"Buqi, the reason why my uncle chose Guannei Hou back then was because he saw the constant strife between His Majesty and the Crown Prince in the imperial court! Old Yue Hua is playing with fire! One careless move could ruin Yue Beiqiu's twenty years of painstaking efforts!"

Liu Buqi nodded in understanding. Under the circumstances at that time, instead of pinning his hopes on the unknown Yue Lingxi, Guannei Hou was indeed the best choice for the Lu family!

"From today on, Lu Ren will stake his entire fortune on Lingxi and you! Third Brother, you continue to stay in Jinan, and I will rush to the capital immediately!"

In an emergency, Liu Buqi did not hesitate to arrange for Xiao Junzi to mobilize 20 people to protect the carriage, and wrote a letter by hand to send to Yue Lingxi.

He immediately said goodbye to Lu Li and returned to Youzhou directly via Tai'an Prefecture.

As soon as they entered Tai'an Mansion, Lu Xin rushed over after hearing the news. Before Liu Buqi could say anything, he spoke first:

"You're finally back. Something big happened in Yanjing."

It turned out that not long after Liu Buqi and Yue Lingxi arrived in Beijing, the generals of Taiping Prefecture and Taixiang Prefecture jointly escorted the two imperial envoys and a group of entourage to Yanjing.

The imperial envoy took out the imperial edict and announced that Gao Yi was promoted to the governor of Youzhou, with full command of the Youzhou troops.

One of the two imperial envoys served as the governor of Youzhou, in charge of civil affairs, and the other served as the inspector of Youzhou, in charge of yamen runners and criminal cases.

The entourage was then assigned to serve in various counties with the intention of taking control of local administration.

Fortunately, Gao Yi was not swayed by his high position and still followed Wang Changling's lead. Although the situation was a bit difficult, it was still under control!

But a few days ago, Great Wall reported that Yehe seemed to be showing signs of stirring up trouble.

Gao Yi had no choice but to lead his troops to guard the Great Wall, leaving only Wang Changling and Zhu Caicai in charge of Yanjing!

Zhu Caicai has only been in office for a short time, and his skills as an official have not yet been refined! How can he be a match for this group of carefully selected "official elites" from the capital!

Wang Changling was alone and could only barely maintain his power over Yanjing.

Although he had a large army, General Taiping and General Taixiang, who had been promoted to deputy governor of Youzhou, were actually on the same level as himself.

I really don't dare to rashly use force to resolve the dispute as Liu Buqi instructed before leaving, so as not to disrupt the defense of the Great Wall!

At present, we can only pretend to be weak and defend ourselves everywhere! Fortunately, Tai'an Prefecture is already under the control of the Lu family, and external forces will not be able to control the overall situation in Youzhou in a short time.

But if this continues for a long time, if Yue Lingxi does not return, once Yehe attacks, given the current situation of multiple political parties, I am afraid that the people of Youzhou will immediately become confused!

When Liu Buqi left, he had already anticipated that General Taiping would take action. Although General Taixiang's whereabouts were unknown, he had also reserved a backup plan!

But he didn't expect that the Yehe tribe, under the continuous economic blow of years of dimensionality reduction, would act rashly at this time! His own strength was reduced by half!

If the Yehe tribe had no connection with the empire, they would never be so coordinated!

Liu Buqi suddenly had the urge to kill! No matter which faction in the empire, this kind of collusion with foreign races is simply unforgivable!

I, Liu Buqi, will make you lose both your wife and your army!