Chapter 149
Tomorrow of the Empire
Prince Ning, far away in Jiangdong, was holding a stack of detailed intelligence about the Tiance Mansion and Youzhou coalition's joint attack on Guannei Hou! The richness of the details in this intelligence made people wonder about its source.
He read every word of the information carefully and handed it to Qu Shanhe who was following behind him.
"Yue Lingxi is indeed the proud dragon of the Yue family, defeating Ye He in a single battle! Liu Buqi is even more worthy of being called the Spirit Fox of Youzhou, forging a new situation amidst the impossible, and firmly controlling Youzhou despite the pursuit and blockade!"
Qu Shanhe quickly read the intelligence and asked with some confusion, "Your Highness, did the Crown Prince just willingly hand over Jinzhou? At that time, he commanded an army several times larger than Youzhou's!"
Yue Wuji smiled. Although Qu Shanhe was an all-rounder with excellent civil and military skills, he was unable to focus on both because he was trying to do both!
Therefore, the martial arts are not as good as Zhan Zhige's single-mindedness, and the literary is not as good as Liu Buqi's cunning and changeable! But the advantage is that there is no weakness and loyalty, which is worth cultivating!
"Shanhe, although Yue Lingxi doesn't have many soldiers and horses, he holds a strong city. It will take a long time to capture it! If Yue Chengqiu really does this, wouldn't that be giving us a free ride?"
"With Youzhou and Jinzhou now united, Yue Lingxi will be solely responsible for the threat to the grasslands! Yue Chengqiu is overjoyed to be able to spare some time to stabilize the situation in the court! He was previously defeated by Yue Wuji, and I'm afraid the situation in the capital is already somewhat unstable!"
Glancing towards the northeast corner, Yue Wuji spoke again, "Our Emperor is still watching us covetously!"
"The imperial court is Yue Chengqiu's foundation!"
Yue Wuji looked towards Jinzhou thousands of miles away with envy, "Central Plains! When can I set foot on the Central Plains again?"
He certainly wouldn't tell Qu Shanhe about his feelings. The Baiyue coalition not far away was already cursing wildly, "Shanhe, order an attack! We can't participate in the Central Plains game, so let's just take on these monkeys!"
Although Jiangdong is a prosperous land of the empire, there are hundreds of ethnic groups in the territory and the situation is complicated. Under the hundreds of years of management of the Han family, some suppressed contradictions have only been temporarily curbed.
After Yue Wuji took over, the Baiyue people took the lead in provoking a struggle, and other tribes were also eager to make a move! In the next few years, I am afraid that the forces in Jiangdong will be unable to move north!
The previous act of launching a massive attack on Jingchu was nothing more than a fox borrowing the power of a tiger to bully others and taking advantage of the Guannei Hou's momentum!
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Inside the Great Wall, Yue Lingxi and Liu Buqi found a large rock and lay on their backs, leaning against each other, counting the stars in the sky one by one!
"The Crown Prince and I have agreed that we will not fight each other for five years! I have agreed..."
Liu Buqi listened silently to Yue Lingxi's story about his meeting with Crown Prince Yue Chengqiu.
The two most outstanding royal family members of the same generation had just joined forces to overthrow their uncle, Guannei Hou Yue Wuji. This meeting was not only about the distribution of interests.
The most important thing is to clarify how the two forces will deal with their relationship next!
Youzhou is powerful, though it possesses powerful soldiers and generals capable of dominating the north! However, its foundation is too weak and its population is sparse! Now that Jinzhou, one of the Nine Ancient Provinces, has been acquired, it will take a long time to digest it!
The grassland suffered a great loss this time. Not only did it lose a top traitor like Shangguan Yan, but Yue Lingxi also plundered a large number of grassland population outside Youzhou and Jinzhou!
When Yesen returns from his expedition, I'm afraid he will soon face a bloody revenge!
Meanwhile, in Tian Ce Mansion, the old emperor, who was under house arrest, still held significant influence in the court! Yue Chengqiu's unstable control over the court repeatedly surfaced at critical moments during foreign campaigns!
Yue Chengqiu felt deeply the harm and had made up his mind to use drastic measures to reverse the chaos in the court!
The most important thing is to know your own business. The Han family, which is currently dependent on you, has lost a lot of power because of the loss of Jiangdong.
Although he controlled Jingchu, Ning Wang's former subordinates had been secretly colluding with each other, waiting to replace him again at any time.
In addition, the Zhang family, the number one family in Bashu, is ready to take action while the Central Plains is in chaos!
The land of Bashu is rich and self-sufficient, easy to defend and difficult to attack! Zhang Ruoxi, the talented scholar of the Zhang family, is a master of both literary and military strategy.
If Bashu really becomes independent, it will be a catastrophe for the entire empire and the entire Tiance Prefecture!
Although the world is now divided into three parts, it is all a fight among the Yue royal family. How can we allow others to interfere in the world of Taiyue?
Yue Chengqiu really needs some peaceful time to use both kindness and force to pacify Bashu and stabilize Jingchu!
Prince Ning used his military might to conquer hundreds of tribes, but his success would take years to show! Prince Yan will be the one to deal with future threats to the grasslands!
As long as Yue Lingxi, who still has some strength left, is stabilized now, Tiance Mansion can free up its hands to concentrate on sorting out internal affairs!
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The so-called five-year agreement was an inevitable choice for both parties! They both desperately needed an agreed-upon buffer period!
Liu Buqi certainly knew that Youzhou now seemed to have a strong military force and was extremely powerful to outsiders!
But in reality, there was no political harmony or peace at all! It was just one foreign war after another that suppressed all internal conflicts!
But one faction cannot always use war to cover up its contradictions! In the days to come, Youzhou will no longer be able to count on the Taiyue Court's assistance to Youzhou!
If they continue to use military force recklessly, Youzhou will have no choice but to fight to support the war! But looking around, apart from the grasslands that have been almost plundered, Youzhou has nowhere to go!
In addition, factions in the military, clan power, and civil servants’ party struggles are all problems that must be resolved!
In Liu Buqi's opinion, five years seemed too short!
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"The stars in the sky are so beautiful!" Liu Buqi forced himself to put aside his thoughts and snuggled up to Yue Lingxi peacefully.
Such a mysterious matter as the struggle for hegemony in the world originally had nothing to do with her, an ordinary woman who traveled through time.
Although she had no experience in taking care of a husband and children, being an ordinary person and living a happy life was enough to fulfill her wish, at least for an orphan like her.
I never thought that I would go from a child bride to a concubine, and then to the world-famous Madam Liu! Just because of this enemy beside me, I actually ended up in this situation step by step!
Looking around proudly, I have fought against so many heroes of this era!
The sickly boy beside him has actually become the leader of one of the three kingdoms!
And I have even begun to look forward to the strategic battles one after another!
The feeling of power in your hands is so hard to let go! The world! It’s not just for men that it fascinates them!
Just relax at this moment and look at the starry sky quietly!
If those twinkling stars are really the countless people who have passed away in the world, then I would rather be the Big Dipper that shines for eternity!
In the history, his reputation will shine forever!
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Yue Lingxi, who was resting with his eyes closed beside him, murmured in a half-awake state:
"Do you like it? Then let's go to Taiyue City Wall to count the stars next time!"
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