The magistrate of Yu County colluded with mountain bandits to rob grass and grain and defected.
"He was fine, why would he defect? Let's continue the investigation."
Emperor Yanxing looked at the information of the magistrate of Yu County. He was the illegitimate son of a landlord in Jiangnan. He studied hard for the imperial examinations and married the daughter of his mentor. He passed the imperial examination and was then sent to Yu County as a magistrate.
It seems that there is nothing wrong with this, and no one is suppressing or making things difficult for him, so why did he defect to Dongyang State?
As a native of Dajing, I would never commit treason or surrender to the enemy unless I faced betrayal, hatred, or survival issues.
Although the county magistrate of Yu County was a bastard's son, he was the only son of a landlord. His family was wealthy and he had never suffered any hardship since he was a child.
Moreover, it was not an isolated case that the magistrate of Yu County committed treason and fled to Dongyang State.
Emperor Yanxing became alert, "Could it be that the Dongyang Kingdom has cast a spell on them?"
Otherwise, Emperor Yanxing couldn't figure out the reason.
"Have the Black Dragon Guards conduct a thorough investigation throughout the country for me."
Bei Lingyao checked the system and found out what was going on.
The humans of Dongyang, Xijin, and Dajing look similar.
They are of Asian race, so the first strategy of Dongyang Kingdom to take over Dajing was to replace Dajing's children with Dongyang Kingdom's bloodline.
Some wealthy families have people taking care of them, so they can't ask for help.
But there are always loopholes to exploit.
Therefore, thousands of babies of the common people were exchanged for babies from Dongyang State.
When these babies grow up, people from Dongyang will be placed around them.
Or a Dongyang spy.
They would tell these babies their life stories. If they were disobedient and their stories were exposed, they would not be able to survive in Dajing.
The children of Dajing who were exchanged were trained as death warriors or secret guards and spies in Dongyang State and then sent to Dajing.
What a clever plan! Bei Lingyao even admired the Dongyang Kingdom's strategy of using a substitute to deceive the world.
Whether these babies are from Dongyang or Dajing, they are all used by them.
Fortunately, this plan was not implemented for many years. Since the chaos before the death of the previous emperor, the people of Dongyang have begun to lay out their plans in Dajing.
They first sent low-level Dongyang criminals to infiltrate Dajing as spies.
These people were originally traveling students, traveling merchants, knights, or trafficked slave laborers. After arriving in Dajing, they learned the language of Dajing and lived in Dajing.
Constantly sending information about Dajing back to Dongyang State.
They were a great help when Dongyang State implemented the baby exchange plan.
When these children grew up, some took the imperial examinations to enter officialdom, some joined the army, some became clerks, some engaged in business, and so on, in all walks of life.
As long as one person enters the officialdom, he can recruit spies from Dongyang State and provide them with convenience.
These people will be able to thrive in Dajing.
They even entered the imperial court, influenced the political situation, and overturned the government's order.
And they did enter the court and even joined the party of the Empress Dowager and Prime Minister Jiang, but they did not expect to be defeated by Emperor Yanxing.
During Emperor Yanxing's purge, he also cleared out many spies from Dongyang State.
All the people in the court of Dongyang State were killed.
Only officials such as Yuxian County Shi who were sent out of the city were not deeply involved and escaped the disaster.
These people hide so deeply that they cannot be discovered unless they expose themselves.
Emperor Yanxing asked the Black Dragon Guards to investigate, but it is not known whether they can find anything.
Bei Lingyao knew it from the system, but couldn't say it directly.
After all, who could have imagined something like a baby swap plan?
The Jiangnan landlord family where the Yu County magistrate grew up was in a miserable state because the Yu County magistrate defected and the entire Jiangnan landlord family was arrested.
Collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, the nine clans will be eliminated.
Therefore, the Dongyang Kingdom brought great harm to more than a thousand families, big and small.
Even if they were unaware that their children had become spies trained by Dongyang State, they were still training spies for Dongyang State.
But they didn't know, the world didn't know, and Emperor Yanxing didn't know either.
In everyone's opinion, since the magistrate of Yu County was collaborating with the enemy and committing treason, his family would be implicated.
"Your Majesty, if you find these traitors, don't kill them yet. Bring them to the capital for further trial. Maybe you can catch some big fish."
Bei Lingyao's spiritual sense searched the entire capital city, trying to see if there were any spies from Dongyang.
But unless the spy reveals himself and is heard by Bei Lingyao, or unless Bei Lingyao notices something unusual, Bei Lingyao will not know who the Dongyang spies are.
She had already purged the palace thoroughly, and there were no spies from Dongyang or Xijin.
Otherwise, if we catch someone and interrogate him, we can follow the clues and find out the truth.
Bei Lingyao also gave hints to several Black Dragon Guards of Emperor Yanxing, which would make it more convenient for them to investigate along this line.
As Bei Lingyao got older, this time she was pregnant with her first child, and it was easier for her.
Because of the war and the spies who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, Emperor Yanxing was too busy to come to Fuhua Palace.
Bei Lingyao often exchanges training with the system at night when the children are asleep.
The war situation on the front line is not optimistic. Two countries are fighting against one, and both countries are of equal strength.
It's amazing that Dajing can withstand two against one.
I just don't know how long it can last.
There are also the Yu people causing trouble.
There are no known three countries surrounding Dajing, but the other countries are just watching.
Time flies.
The news brought back by the Black Dragon Guard shocked the entire court.
Emperor Yanxing had not expected that he had accidentally eliminated the Dongyang spy in the court.
"The baby-swapping plan, what a deep plot, what a sinister method."
Emperor Yanxing sneered, and the court officials were sweating profusely. Who doesn't have a family behind him, and a prosperous one at that?
If a child in the family or clan is swapped with a baby by the Dongyang Kingdom, it will be a crisis for the entire clan.
"I also know that the family whose babies were swapped is innocent, so you should go back and investigate yourselves. If you can catch the spy, you can redeem yourself for meritorious service."
After the court was dismissed, Emperor Yanxing frowned and asked, "Queen, do you think the Dongyang Kingdom's baby exchange plan will also be used for the royal family?"
If the princes and their brothers also had babies exchanged in Dongyang, confusing the royal bloodline, it would be a big problem.
Now Emperor Yanxing is very glad that all his children are his own and he can remember their appearances.
Moreover, the children inherited the couple's appearance, so it can be confirmed that they are all their biological children.
Otherwise, if we are careless, the Dongyang spies will reach out to the palace to exchange babies, confuse the royal bloodline, raise the Dongyang people, and let the Dongyang people inherit the Dajing Dynasty.
Just thinking about it makes me vomit blood.
"The Dongyang people are so despicable! I will never let the Dongyang Kingdom go."
For the first time, Emperor Yanxing had the idea of destroying a country.
Even if the Dongyang Kingdom and the Western Jin Kingdom joined forces to attack, Emperor Yanxing did not intend to destroy these two countries. He just wanted to drive them away and scare them so that they would not dare to invade.
"It's really abominable."
Bei Lingyao also shared the same hatred.
"As long as I live, I will destroy the Kingdom of Dongyang."
"Your Majesty, since Dongyang has implemented the baby exchange plan in Dajing, Xijin will certainly be unable to escape it. This is a good opportunity to sow discord."
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