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Chapter 78 Li’s plan!

Three years ago.
The emperor closed his eyes slightly and looked at the alienated queen in the mirror, with complicated emotions in his eyes.

Although the Jin Dynasty seemed to be prosperous, it was actually in danger. Emperor Hongzhi had already seen this and began to plan reforms!
The aristocratic families have monopolized the market for thousands of years. It seems that the emperor can balance the court and let them take turns to be the boss. In fact, the problems are deep-rooted. When each aristocratic family becomes one of the Nine Ministers, they will use the convenience of their position to accumulate wealth secretly, manipulate the imperial examinations, secretly form cliques, and then take advantage of natural disasters to monopolize local farmland. Most of the local clans are slowly controlled by the aristocratic families. In many places, especially in remote countryside, villagers without land have long been lambs to be slaughtered.

Land monopoly and the increase of tenant farmers were the laws of the feudal dynasties. When a natural disaster occurred, farmers who lost their land could only become tenant farmers if they wanted to survive. If a natural disaster occurred again, they had to sell their children. The flesh and blood of boys and girls were the best nourishment. Over thousands of years, no one knew what the Yin gods of countless families had been trained to be like.

Especially those in the capital. The Nine Ministers' families have taken turns to be in charge for so long, and the Yin Gods have become powerful in secret. There are even some Yin Gods that the royal family doesn't know about. So during the reign of Emperor Hongzhi, they used the foreign hermit families who wanted to come out to the world to test them.

The result of the test was extremely tragic, and Emperor Hongzhi himself died young. The emperor of revival described by the historians was unable to even protect himself. At that moment, the royal family realized that the aristocratic family had grown into such a monster.

Therefore, since childhood, the late emperor has been selecting a successor who can change everything, and he himself is the best seed chosen. If he wants to change all this, he must give up all emotions, be cold and meticulous, and be willing to give everything for the Li Dynasty.

Only by doing this can we use the Four Spirits to achieve suppression.

"You were chosen since childhood, disguised as a gentle emperor." The white-clothed man opposite smiled slightly, "You deceived all the people from the noble families, and the late emperor also played a trick on you. He was dissatisfied with you in various ways. When choosing a successor, you looked almost hopeless."

"After experiencing almost three generations of powerful emperors after Emperor Hongzhi, all the noble families do not want the next emperor to continue to exert such extreme pressure, so they are secretly planning to support an emperor who is easy to control. You have been a bait since you were a child. The century-long chess game that the Li Dynasty has laid out since Emperor Hongzhi should have been realized in your generation!"

The emperor, who was holding the black pieces, had a gloomy expression on his face. He kept silent and made a move.

The other party smiled, and immediately made up for the opponent's killer move and continued, "Three years ago, the eldest princess was a bait. You have been laying the groundwork for this chess piece for a long time. She has been childhood sweethearts with the queen. It seems that the emperor and the queen have a deep love for each other. You also value the child born by the queen very much. Although the prince's talent is mediocre, you still support him to make all the noble families feel at ease. After the queen gave birth to the princess, you showed that you loved her very much. You pardoned the whole country a hundred days after the birth of the princess. Such honors have shown the world how much you value the queen's eldest daughter."

"All the noble families in the world are attracted to you, especially those reclusive noble families in the previous dynasty who were unwilling to give up. Naturally, they tried their best to marry into the royal family. Three years ago, when the situation was turbulent, that was when you set up the killing plan."

"When did you know that?" The emperor looked up. Although he was old and frail, his pupils were not unfocused like those of an old man. Instead, they were dark and deep, just like the black pieces on a chessboard.

"I've known this since you were in your mother's womb." The other person grinned and said, "How long do you think I have been observing your Li family?"

"So you planned to destroy my plan three years ago?"

Three years ago, the princess was about to get married. That imperial examination was extremely lively. The outstanding young men who had been trained by noble families all over the world for more than ten years took the exam. There were hundreds of elders who came to protect them. It was so grand that even the nine noble families in the capital became extremely nervous.

Fearing that what happened to Emperor Hongzhi would happen again, the two sides became hostile to each other and the situation was on the verge of breaking out.

As long as you find a burning point and detonate the barrel of explosives, you can complete a major cleansing!

But the indiscriminate massacre of all the young men three years ago changed the situation.

In that Tanhua case, regardless of camp, all candidates, whether from secluded families or those in the capital, died tragically without exception. This also made all the people from the aristocratic families put aside their opposition and began to work together to look for enemies, and even looked at the royal family with suspicion.

That's why I had to suspend my plan!

At that time he knew that there was another chess player in the capital.
"Back then, the scholar named Cui Yan mistakenly entered this trap. No one could have imagined that there was such a handsome man in the world. Not only your daughter, but even your queen was fascinated by him. This was the first time that the noble families wanted to unite against the outside world, so they gave me a chance." The other party smiled and said, "After all, he is a candidate of the imperial court. If they want to kill him, they can do it in secret. But as long as they take action, they will put themselves in danger, and then they will have the opportunity to kill the third place."

"You don't have to provoke me." The emperor said coldly, "You just want me to take action against Cui Yan." "Hey, it's rare for the Li family to give birth to a hard-shelled turtle like you." The other party sneered, "How can you still endure this situation."

The emperor looked at the other party coldly without saying anything. Cui Yan was very strange. Even though this guy in front of him had secretly attacked him, he was still safe and sound despite being surrounded by so many noble families. It was obvious that the person behind him was definitely not simple, and even he himself was not simple.

In order to observe him, I exiled him to southern Xinjiang. Facts proved that my idea was not wrong. The noble families in southern Xinjiang were much more blatant than those in Central Plains, and many of their methods were obvious. However, he was still safe there, as if no one could touch him.

He knew that this man named Cui Yan was no simple person!
"Three years ago, my identity was exposed. You knew of my existence, so you wanted to use my trick against you and repeat the murder you did to me."

"First, deliberately leak the information about the crown prince in the North Sea, so that the people of the noble families know of my existence, and then set up a killing trap in the harem. If all the heads of the noble families die here, then your goal of purging the noble families will be achieved. Then, just push the blame on me, and angrily ban the world's painting market. Everything is justified, and that's when you show your fangs."

"So you're trying to use my trick against you?" The emperor looked at the other party coldly.

"Why not?" The other party laughed and said, "You have handed the knife to me, why shouldn't I take it? I dared to take your great ancestor's move back then, so I naturally dare to take yours. I admit that I underestimated that kid back then, but do you want to repeat your ancestor's deeds? Do you have the ability to do that?"

"Whether there is one or not, how can we know until the last moment?" The emperor said coldly, "I am just curious, that woman, was not arranged by you?"

"Of course not." The other party shook his head: "Both Cui Yan and that woman were accidentally involved in the game, but the effect was extremely good. She caused you and your wife to be separated, and let me see your weakness. If you were not distracted, how could you fall into my game and be trapped here?"

"I am here, and you are here too. How can you win this game?"

The other party looked at the queen dressed in gorgeous clothes in the imperial study under the mirror.

The Painting Market cannot trap the emperor. This was the agreement between Taizu and the Painting Market. The owner of the Painting Market and the emperor could each open an exit of the Painting Market individually, but as the owner of the Painting Market, he could also close the exit at any time. Therefore, as long as he and the emperor were in a very small painting scroll together, he could trap the emperor.

Now the two of them seem to be leisurely, but in fact they are both harboring murderous intentions, and both of them have the opportunity to kill the other at any time.

At this moment, the emperor only needed to use his power to open a crack in the door. If the crack stayed for a moment, he would be able to control the four spirits, tear the scroll apart, and tear apart the owner of the painting market as well.

The same goes for myself. As long as the other party's attention is a little less and I find an opportunity, he will become a puppet in the painting and be used by me forever.

It is very difficult to kill him, and the reason is very simple, because this ugly emperor is actually very strong!

All the painting spirits in his hands couldn't even get close to him, and this space had to be small enough to prevent him from opening more doors. The advantage was that he could be trapped better, but the disadvantage was that he couldn't deploy more painting spirits to carry out the human wave tactics.

He can't move me, and I can't kill him either.
"Who would have thought that you, the pampered emperor, are actually a more powerful master than Yuchi Hong? You are the one closest to the Grandmaster. Li has really put a lot of effort into this game!"

The emperor looked at the other party coldly. The Li family had been planning for this day for a hundred years, but he didn't expect that this guy could see it clearly.

As a prince, his every move was under the surveillance of those aristocratic families. It was impossible for him to practice martial arts like the martial arts masters. Although he had excellent qualifications, he was under surveillance and did not have much time to improve himself. Therefore, Li made arrangements early on and even sacrificed a master to strengthen his bones and build his qi, which enabled him to have the ability he has today.

But because of this dark bug, it was completely exposed!
He could feel that this guy had the ability to control himself all the time. If he lost his concentration for a moment, the entire Li Dynasty would be finished! !

(End of this chapter)