When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

The news of Xianyu Xiaozhu's rebellion made Xinqu feel unexpected.

Although he had been in the west for three years and had passed on intelligence from the east every month, in general, the factions in the east were more distinct than in the west, and the major wars were only between Dayi Shang and the Qiang people, the Ji clan, and the descendants of the Xia dynasty.

The wars in Shanxi were more of an operation by the local authorities to cleanse the remaining forces of the Dayi Shang. Dai Bingjia, the General Zhenxi of the Yan State, also participated. However, as these wars have evolved to the present, they are more about reorganizing trade routes and maintaining trade.

I have never heard of Xianyu Xiaozhu getting into a fight with others, let alone him rebelling while Tu Wangquan was still alive.

"It happened recently. Xiaozhu chose to rebel against the Tufang clan and marry into the Qiongfang clan."

Seeing Xin Qu's surprised expression, Meng Yi was afraid that he might misunderstand, so she quickly explained.

"This... shouldn't be considered a rebellion, right?" Xin Qu was a little confused.

According to Tufang tradition, the chief of the Dele clan has the right to decide his own diplomatic relations. In other words, if Xianyu Xiaozhu really wants to become the son-in-law of Qiongfang, it will be a good thing in the country's governance system.

Because the two sides are related by marriage and are considered a family, the risk of war is relatively much less, and it can also strengthen external contacts, which is definitely a normal political negotiation.

How can it be called rebellion?
"The Yougui clan was mostly destroyed by Qiongfang and Xiaozhu. I think you know how powerful the Yougui clan is these days."

Wu Xiaoye mentioned a tribe.

Xin Qu suddenly realized: "So, with Gui clan, the ruling of the country is completely under control?"

Meng Yi smiled reluctantly: "Since we defeated Dayi Shang on the front line and handed the Shangdang Basin over to General Dai, my brother has completely fallen. Two years ago, Taiyuan was hit by heavy rain and floods, so he moved to Gaoyi to settle down.

From then on, all government affairs, big or small, were outsourced.

After Gui Xuesheng inherited the Yougui family's foundation, he actively won over the Yao clan in Bingzhou and supported the child Wu with his entire clan. If Wu had been a little more aggressive, it would have been fine. But he, like his brother, also fell into depravity.

Drinking lavishly every day and eating delicious fried food..."

When Meng Yi said this, she looked at the delicious food on the table with a bit of resentment.

The person who invented cooking is right in front of us.

Xin Qu didn't care about this. After thinking about it for a while, he understood what was going on.

With the rise of the State of Yan, the power of his mother's family naturally grew as well.

Xin Qu's uncle Yao Ce had strong ties with the Yao family in Shanxi. He was previously driven out by Dayi Shang and traveled across the entire Shanxi province, and Yao Ce had a lot of connections with him.

In addition, now that the Yao family has a big country as their backbone, as long as these people actively contact the Yan State, they can obtain huge benefits, which will lead to the growth of the tribe.

Among them, the one that expanded the fastest was Yougui.

Both Gui Xuesheng and his father Gui Zhi were smartest people Xin Qu had ever met in Shanxi.

After Gui Xuesheng inherited the power of the Yougui family, he immediately began to infiltrate and control the earth according to their original plan, and the first thing to do was to eliminate dissidents.

They have all the excuses. Wang Ziwu is the heir they support, and the other local heirs - Wang Ziyou, Xianyu Xiaozhu, etc. - cannot exist, so as to threaten their power.

Then the reason why Xianyu Xiaozhu fought to the end and chose to marry into the Qiongfang clan was probably not only to protect himself, but more importantly, he did not want to lose his dominance.

"Whose family is the messenger?" Xin Qu asked. Meng Yi thought for a moment and said, "He is from the Fangshan clan. The Fangshan clan's surname is Gui. They live among the mountains of Shangdang. They have no more than 500 people."

Xin Qu was not surprised to hear the surname Gui.

In an environment like Tufang, any big family that wants to have direct contact with the State of Yan will inevitably be given special attention or even be killed.

And since the Fangshan clan lived in the Shangdang Mountains, they must be a tribe controlled by Dai Bingjia.

I think this news was reported because Dai Bingjia noticed the problem.

"One or two of them, they're guarding against me like a thief." Xin Qu's sneer made Meng Yi sigh.

"Are you worried that something might happen to the Zhenxi Army?" Wu Xiaoye asked, looking at Xin Qu's expression.

"Of course we should be worried. However, I recognize Bingjia's strength. He has a way to bring people alive. Now that there is news, let's inform the envoy of the Tufang, and then prepare to send people directly to Gaoyi to let the Tufang arrange the road and prepare to withdraw the Zhenxi Army." Xin Qu thought for a while and said, "I came back without any cover-up. I think Yougui should soon know the news that I brought back more than 300,000 people.

So, let's see how he will handle the subsequent events."

Wu Xiaoye thought for a moment after hearing this and said, "When you were away, Yougui clan often sent people to give gifts to ministers and families in the court. Meng Yi and I also often received gifts from them."

Xin Qu raised an eyebrow.

Meng Yi also said: "You Gui is very generous."

"That's really generous." Xin Qu laughed, "It was when I was humble and hadn't usurped the throne! I spent three years in the west, sorting out a bunch of documents and history left by the descendants of the Xia Dynasty who migrated west to Yuzhou.

Among them, the two stories about "Magic" and "Confucianism" are the most compiled.

You guys can go and have a look later.”

Xin Qu patted his butt and stood up: "In short, the Yougui clan has basically controlled the Tufang clan, and the next step should be to seize power and usurp the throne. Especially since I laid the foundation first, they must have had some ideas. How similar are these methods to the ones I used to deal with the clan?"

Wu Xiaoye blinked and thought carefully about Xin Qu's words. They were indeed very similar to when Xin Qu first integrated the Youxin family.

It's just that Xinqu was forced to take the position because he was most likely the only one in the tribe who could get food at that time.

However, Yougui clan kept a low profile and took advantage of the situation. Over the years, they basically controlled the actual power of the Tufang clan.

Even the Xianyu piglets that might threaten their position were expelled.

The Xianyu piglet might even be influenced, fearing that the Yan State would choose to support Yougui to take the throne, and that he would be killed after fleeing to the Yan State, so he joined the Qiongfang.

Now the Qiongfang tribe has been squeezed into the Luliang Mountains, with no room to move around. The fact that the Xianyu piglet would rather choose that place than come to the Yan State for help is enough to show how much of the Yan State's reputation the Yougui clan has borrowed.

"How are you going to deal with Yougui?" Meng Yi was a little nervous.

She was worried about hearing bad news.

Seeing her like this, especially after she gave birth to Xin Jue, she was worried about the child's health all day long, and had lost a lot of her heroic spirit. Xin Qu couldn't help but sigh: "Don't worry. The inheritance order of the earth can only be left to the line of Tu Wang Quan. Even if I intervene, I will ensure that Tu Wang Quan has blood inheritance.

As for the matter with Gui family, I have to find an excuse.

As for Xiaozhu, please ask your confidant to tell him.

When he encountered problems, he chose not to bother me, which made me feel relieved. But he would rather marry into my family's family than help me, which made me unhappy.

If he still recognizes me as his uncle, let him actively maintain trade with Yan State. If he does not want to fight for the throne of Tufang, then I will support him to take the throne of Qiongfang. Let him raise any demands. No matter what, we are all family.

As for Yougui, it would be fine if he didn't rebel. Once they chose to take the throne, he would be dead.

Now is no different than any other time.

I have listed the Three Laws.

Inheritance must be orderly.

All he could do was divide the land, but he could not openly replace the local king.

If he dares to do it, I will send my troops there.

As for now, I will go and arrange the retreat of the men wearing ice armor.

I don't intend to get involved in the internal disputes of the earth party right away.

Yougui was thinking too much, thinking that I arranged the Bingjia to guard the Shangdang Basin in order to help the Tufang block Dayi Shang so that he could rest assured?

No, I am doing this for the safety of Yan State’s rear area.

Otherwise, how could I have gone on an expedition for three years with peace of mind?

As soon as the main force of Dayi Shang penetrates into the core of Shangdang Basin, I will immediately abandon the Western Expedition and rush back to the north to observe the changes in the Central Plains.

Now that I'm back, the troops that were on the expedition can be withdrawn.

It’s time for them to rest and reunite with their families.”

After Xin Qu finished speaking, he had already walked away.

Meng Yi frowned, and after a moment looked at Wu Xiaoye: "What he meant by this is... as long as the state of Tufang continues to exist, it doesn't matter how big the place is or how many people there are?"

"Yes. That's what he meant." Wu Xiaoye nodded slightly. "According to the system he designed, even if Tufang only has ten miles of land and a hundred households left, as long as the incense passed down by the sacrifices is still called Tufang, then Tufang will still exist.

As for what Yougui would do.

You actually saw it.

What Yougui wants is the position of Earth King.

And the action is very fast.

Gui Xuesheng is not Gui Zhi. Ever since Gui Zhi was bedridden, Gui Xuesheng completely let go of his hands and feet, and in a very short time he controlled most of the Tufang army. He found that no one seemed to be able to stop him, and he changed a lot.

There is also the matter of the Xianyu piglets.

You should quickly arrange for your confidant to contact him.

Regardless, Qu is right.

All are family.

If even he chooses to believe the actions outside and does not ask you and Qu for help, then it is obvious that he is trying to deceive outsiders.

It seems as if we supported Gui Xuesheng's usurpation of the throne.

Xin Qu always said: "The emperor has no relatives, only virtue is his support. The people's hearts are fickle, only kindness is their concern."

If we do this sentence in reverse, we are laying the foundation for credit.

It took a lot of effort to get to the current situation.

He must not let Yougui destroy his kingship plan."

Hearing this, Meng Yi did not hesitate too much: "I'll let Yi Jiu... Never mind, let Yi Falcon go. I hope it's still in time."

"It must be in time." Wu Xiaoye said with a smile: "There are also many nobles with the surname Feng in Qiongfang. We have had quite a lot of contact over the years.

The king of Qiongfang Gonghui introduced the Xianyu Xiaozhu in order to counter the rapid rise of the Feng clans.

Especially after Zhou Fei led the Zhou clan of the Ji surname to migrate south to Bin, the allies who returned were unable to do what they wanted. "

Wu Xiaoye's words also explained the current situation within Shanxi.

After all, the chaos within Shanxi was actually the spillover effect of the struggle between the Yao and Feng families in the Yan State.

Of course, there is a more important reason behind this, which is that Shanxi was originally a refuge base after the chaos in the Central Plains.

Regardless of whether they were surnamed Yao, Feng, Ji, Qi, or Si, as long as they failed in their fight for supremacy in the Central Plains, some of their people would inevitably migrate to Shanxi, become Shanxi people, and then wait for the emergence of the next overlord of the Central Plains.

The last surname to fail was the Si surname, and the ones before that were the Yao and Gui surnames. Although the main force of the Feng surname was in Dongyi, after so many years, a part of them eventually came in as they migrated westward.

It’s just that the Feng family is too weak and they are all hiding on the edge of Shanxi.

There are many people with the surname Feng near Luliang and Shangdang.

But the key point is that Shangdang was plowed a few times just three years ago and there is no one left.

Therefore, all the main forces of the Feng clan were transferred to Luliang Mountain, which greatly enhanced the strength of the Feng clan within Qiongfang.

This is why Gonghui had to introduce the Xianyu pig.

If it wasn't for curbing Yan's interference and infiltration into Qiongfang, why would he bring in the exiled prince of the mortal enemy Tufang?
Gonghui, the king of Qiongfang, is not a fool.

There is really no other way.

In particular, Yan State expanded westwards too rapidly, which resulted in She Fang moving southward and Xing Tian clan moving westward. The defense circle outside Luliang Mountain was completely squeezed out. If they did not find ways to strengthen their internal power, how could they survive in the competition?

So, Meng Yi also understood what she should do next.

Build a good communication bridge and resolve misunderstandings as much as possible.

Especially the misunderstanding of Xianyu Xiaozhu towards Yan State. (End of this chapter)