Please, let me be a fool

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Northern Territory, Yanxun Mansion.

As the most core area of ​​Yandi.

In terms of prosperity, it may not be comparable to the big cities in the Central Plains and Jiangnan.

But if you look at the whole Great Wei, it is ranked first in all aspects.

After all, there are many wealthy families here.

What's more, the Sun family, which is not inferior to the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, so in terms of economy, only a few wealthy places such as Jiangnan can compete.

Therefore, Yan Xun's mansion in the north can be regarded as the absolute core, especially the current mansion of King Yan is also located here.

Yandi is the fiefdom of King Yan, so King Yan has great power here.

Even the chief officials of each government are subject to its restraint.

originally.

Whether it is the powerful families in Yandi or the local officials, they all agree.

Even though the first emperor used the land of Yan as the fiefdom of the king of Yan before his death, but thinking about it, His Majesty the current emperor does not allow the king of Yan to be a vassal, so the nobles of the land of Yan are in charge of their own affairs, and the local officials, as usual, muddle along.

Because the Great Wei has been established for more than 100 years, the imperial court has never had a real strong control over Yandi.

Some low-level officials may be fine, but if it is a high-ranking official like the prefect.

Arriving in office is almost just a formality, and he will be transferred soon.

But beyond everyone's expectations.

His Majesty the Emperor actually let King Yan go, and there was no warning in advance, so he let go as soon as he said it.

And this, for the local officials, does not have a big impact, because these people are already under the control of the court, and the King of Yan will not have much impact, but the wealthy families in Yandi have different ideas.

Originally, in the past so many years, the influence of the Sun clan has gradually shrunk, especially since the previous head of the family had no male heirs, only an only daughter.

It made the rich and powerful from all sides feel that the power of Yandi will be reshuffled from now on.

Although in the end, the Sun family wanted to stabilize their influence.

Choosing the head of the family directly among the peers made some people put away their thoughts a little.

But Sun Kejian, the son of the current head of the family, has nothing to do every day and is not good at business, which made a lot of jokes.

It also makes people feel that the Sun family is dead.

just.

After hearing that the king of Yan was going to be a vassal, the wealthy families in Yandi had a bad feeling, fearing that it would make the situation even more chaotic.

After all, everyone knows that King Yan has the blood of the Sun family and is the son of the Empress Dowager. With his status as a relative of the emperor, he can definitely do a lot of things.

In particular, those wealthy families were worried that he would inherit the Sun family's influence and then integrate all forces in Yandi.

But the fact is, as expected, that King Yan is the queen.

There was almost no pause, and soon began to integrate the complex forces of all parties in Yandi.

Originally, it was very difficult to do this kind of thing, but King Yan's methods were very fierce, and his status was special, he had private soldiers under him, and more importantly, he also got the support of the Sun family.

In this case, even if some giants wanted to resist, they couldn't.

After all, in the eyes of many people, this is not some external force.

First of all, the Sun family can be regarded as one of their own.

As for the King of Yan, he can be regarded as half a native of Yan, so if he chooses to submit and obey, it is actually nothing.

Therefore, due to various reasons, the powerful forces from all sides were quickly subdued by the King of Yan. Of course, there were still some who resisted, but their strength was too small to make any trouble at all.

It is precisely because of this that even though he has only been here for a few months, the king of Yan can already be regarded as one of the best in Yandi.

The people of Yandi didn't care much about this, but the officials of the various prefectures were terrified by it.

They were totally predictable.

With the power of King Yan at this time, I am afraid that he may not obey the orders of the court.

Especially recently, some officials heard that King Yan was recruiting troops, so they immediately reported to the court, hoping that the court could exercise restraint on King Yan at this time.

At this moment, in the Palace of King Yan.

Yan Wang Wei Yuanchuan is dealing with some recent official duties.

Ever since he integrated the powers of various wealthy families, his affairs have become more and more numerous.

After all, Yandi is his fief, and he has to take care of all aspects, making him very busy every day.

"My lord, this is the latest official document just sent from various places, please have a look at it." At this time, several personal guards came in respectfully, holding a bunch of brochures in their hands, which seemed to be a lot.

It's here again?

Wei Yuanchuan couldn't help sighing when he saw this scene, and motioned everyone to put it aside.

To be honest, he has no interest in dealing with official affairs. What he thinks about is either fighting wits with the forces of all parties, or directly leading troops to fight.

In fact, Wei Yuanchuan was very happy to fight with the major forces during the period when he just came back.

Because in his heart, he likes this feeling, and it is a lot of fun.

to the end.

When all the major forces are flattened and surrendered.

He began to deal with official documents every day, and Wei Yuanchuan suddenly couldn't get used to it. He felt that it was really troublesome, and instead he lost the original comfort.

Of course, he was just a little helpless in his heart. Since it was his fiefdom, he naturally had to take care of it.

But when Wei Yuanchuan saw those official documents again today, he couldn't help but shook his head again.

Because in his mind, he was thinking about a problem.

That is.

I manage a Yan land by myself, and I have to deal with various official duties every day.

What about Brother Huang?Books from all over the country have to be sent to the Imperial Study Room. How big is that volume? How long does it take to be busy every day?

In particular, he also heard that His Majesty's handling of memorials is basically done today, without delay.

For this, Wei Yuanchuan admired it very much, because he couldn't do it at all.

I still prefer to lead troops to fight.

shook his head.

He stopped thinking, but continued to deal with the official business in hand.

Although it is only a fiefdom, it faces many problems.

Whether it is economy or other aspects, there is a big gap with the Central Plains.But economically, at least there is Yanxun mansion, but in other places, especially in culture.

Wei Yuanchuan discovered a very serious problem, that is, there are very few Yandi academies, and Confucian classics are also rare.

Generally only among those rich and powerful families, or among the common people with better conditions.

And this finally made him understand.

Why is the imperial court still unable to control Yandi? There is little trade between the two sides, and there are some differences in culture. For the people of Yandi, they don't know the words of a sage at all.

Under such circumstances, how could the imperial court effectively govern Yandi.

So a few days ago, King Yan came down directly and invited some Confucian scholars from the Central Plains to open a private school, hoping to make the two places have something in common in this respect.

As for why the former Yandi officials did not do these things, it was naturally because of the obstruction of the major wealthy families, so that they could not do it.

Even Wei Yuanchuan encountered many problems when implementing it. If he was not strong enough, he would have died without a problem.

Of course, he also knew in his heart that he wanted Yandi to move closer to the Central Plains in all aspects.

It cannot be done overnight, but slowly.

At least in terms of reform, it needs to be moderate.

After all, my current position is the result recognized by the rich and powerful families in Yandi.

If something goes wrong, there may be chaos in Yandi, which is not what Wei Yuanchuan wants to see.

And because of this, he felt in his heart that he might really be inferior to that imperial brother.

For example, it is difficult for Wei Yuanchuan to make up his mind to carry out such a measure that seriously damages the wealthy gentry, even though he knows that doing so is beneficial to the common people.

But I also understand that I can't completely deter those people, so I have to be more stable.

Waiting for when the position is stable, the real one is the same.

It's time to learn from Brother Huang. It's time for reforms in Yandi. Now, we still have to be steady.

Therefore, every time Wei Yuanchuan thought that his imperial brother was able to withstand the pressure of the world's gentry and directly carry out reforms, and finally succeeded, he felt admiration in his heart.

I can't help but sigh, it is indeed a blessing to have such an emperor in the country of Great Wei, better than myself.

"My lord."

And when Wei Yuanchuan was thinking and handling official business.

A man in armor walked in. Unlike the guards just now, this man was a general at first glance.

When he came in, he knelt down on one knee and respectfully said: "Reporting to the lord, our plan has been very successful recently. We have raised a total of [-] horses and [-] soldiers. At the same time, we have also prepared all the food and grass."

"As long as your lord gives an order, you can set off!"

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After finishing speaking, the general took out a booklet from his arms.

The content inside is the details of raising horses and soldiers.

"Oh? The progress is pretty fast." Hearing this, Wei Yuanchuan put down the official document in his hand, took the brochure and checked it.

Sure enough, the above records are very clear, all aspects have been prepared, and the preparations are more perfect than when they were originally planned.

"My lord, are we really going to move? The general heard that the imperial court already knew the news of our recruitment. If we move out at this time, it will definitely arouse the imperial court's vigilance. If His Majesty is furious, what should we do?"

At this moment, the general hesitated for a moment, but he still spoke with a worried look on his face.

It should be noted that the matter of the vassal king recruiting soldiers and horses within the fief is very sensitive.

What's more, the officials in Yandi have also given the imperial court a note.

Judging by the time, I am afraid that it has already been delivered to His Majesty.

So he was very worried.

What if His Majesty is angry and directly convicts?I can't bear it.

"If you know it, it doesn't matter." But Wei Yuanchuan shook his head and said: "As a feudal lord, I have the right to control private soldiers within the fief, and besides, I did these things for no other reason. , but to support the old Hou Ye at Zhenbeiguan, for the sake of the community and the people of the Great Wei, those officials have opinions, let them have opinions, this king doesn't care."

After finishing speaking, he continued to look at the booklet in his hand, wondering if there was anything he needed to add.

That's right, Wei Yuanchuan summoned [-] soldiers and [-] horses.

Just want to support the war at Zhenbei Pass.

Everyone knows it now.

There will inevitably be a war between the imperial court and the grassland tribes, it's just a question of when it will start.

It should be noted that the two parties are enemies in the true sense, and it can be said that they are feuds.

For the Great Wei, facing the southward invasion of the grassland army, he had to keep out no matter what, otherwise countless people would be affected. This has been described very clearly in the history books, and some people are even true. experienced.

Therefore, under such circumstances, everyone in the Great Wei must shoulder the responsibility of fighting for the country.

Wei Yuanchuan understood, so after hearing the news, he began to use the power in his hand to do something.

Don't look at the fact that only [-] soldiers and [-] horses have been raised now, but this force cannot be ignored.

The soldiers are all from Yandi, and they can mount their horses to fight. They are very powerful, not much worse than the grassland people.