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Lu Tao vomited blood and fell into a coma, and the Lu family had no leader, so he lost the battle of Nanjiang as a matter of course.

This time, it was almost a disaster.The fleet that had been on the river for hundreds of years has disappeared, and since then Nanjiang can no longer be a natural danger that Nanjun is proud of, but just a waterway that allows others to come and go freely.

This blow, for the aristocratic family in Nanjun, was almost annihilated.Not only was it crushed by force, but more seriously, it was the collapse of faith!

Many of the aristocratic families living in Nanjun, and even ordinary people, have always felt that the places outside Nanjun are rough and barren, not as comfortable and rich as Nanjun.

This kind of thinking was not unreasonable before. After all, Nanjun has not experienced the baptism of war for a hundred years. Even when Xianye established the country with the Taizu, Nanjun was peacefully incorporated, and even gave a lot of preferential treatment in order to win over the aristocratic families of Nanjun. , which are not enjoyed elsewhere.

So today, the fear of sudden setbacks comes with an extra impact.Overnight, the situation in the entire South County changed, and people in Qijiang City were panicked. Many heads of small families simply waited in front of the Lu family, hoping to get first-hand news about the Lu family.

They all knew that Lu Tao was defeated and Nanjiang's fleet was gone.If it weren't for the frontier army to accept them as soon as they saw a good deal, they would all be prisoners now.

But if you don't fight this time, it doesn't mean you won't fight in the future.Now that there are no ships in the entire Nanjun County, the gates of Nanjun County are open to the frontier army. Even if Qijiang City fights hard, it will be difficult to resist the cavalry from the frontier fortress!

That's... Feng Kai who nearly wiped out the Xihu army!

The pessimistic mood continued to spread, coupled with the news of Lu Tao's serious illness, the entire South County fell into a panic without a clue.

The family wants to escape, but where to?To the south of Nanjun, there are high mountains that cannot be crossed, to the east is the vast sea, and Bailong Mountain on the west side has been blocked by the frontier army. The only exit is Nanjiang, but the boat is gone...

Dazed, helpless, fearful.

Ahead is a future that is doomed to destruction, like a sword that has been hung high above the head, it does not know when it will fall, but there is no way to escape.

Desperation continued to grow, and Lu Tao struggled on the sickbed for half a month, but bad news came one after another, completely shattering his last nerve.In endless resentment and anger, Lu Tao died on a cold winter night.

That night, there was a rare heavy snowfall in South County, followed by protracted severe cold and frost.The aristocratic families and civilians in Qijiang City had never experienced such severe weather, and at first they were able to maintain it with their own efforts, but when the weather became colder and the wind and snow became heavier, Nanjun completely lost control.

Countless people froze to death and starved to death. The aristocratic family couldn't find enough firewood, so they demolished the houses of the common people and drove them to the streets like livestock to fend for themselves.

In the face of rare natural disasters, the usual friendly family also tore off the hypocritical skin, revealing its ferocious true colors.However, it was too late when the naive commoners realized all this.

This winter, the Nanjiang River is frozen, thousands of miles frozen.

The civilians who could not survive tried to cross the river on the ice, and went to the north bank of the Nanjiang River to find a way out.

At the beginning, there were only a few people crossing the river. After all, they had lived in Nanjun for most of their lives, and they still had some illusions about Qijiang City and the Lu family.

But later on, the number of people who left began to increase.The weather shows no signs of warming up, the aristocratic families in the city have become extremely fierce, the Lu family has been unable to elect the next patriarch, and Qijiang City has been reduced to a savage forest where the weak prey on the strong.

In such an environment, it is impossible for common people to seek benefits.

Originally, this year's harvest was abysmal, coupled with the consumption of the war and the lack of supplies, even the aristocratic families in the city were cutting expenses, let alone taking care of the victims who were hungry.

If you don't want to leave, you have to leave.

In the winter of this year, many civilians left Nanjun for Jiangbei or further afield.Some people successfully settle down and get a new life, while others stay on the road to hope forever.

After the harsh winter, the aristocratic families in Nanjun had no time to rejoice in escaping the catastrophe, and they were about to face the predicament that the aristocratic families in the Central Plains had encountered-the lack of labor.

The tenant farmers who were regarded as burdens a few months ago are the necessities of plowing the land and farming. This winter, all the people have run away. Where can they find people to work? !

No one can farm, and the harvest will be reduced this year when the farming season is missed. The sons of the aristocratic families who are used to being pampered can't bear this kind of hardship, and the strife and competition between the families have become more and more cruel.

It's just that they all forgot that outside of Nanjun, there is another big force stalking them.

Spring is warm and flowers are blooming, and the water in the Nanjiang River is thawing. With the arrival of the river water, there is also a larger steam fleet.

But this time, Nanjun no longer had the ability to take out a fleet to fight against it. The war ended without any suspense. In less than half a month, the frontier army controlled the entire territory of Nanjun.

At this point, the chaos caused by the death of Emperor Longcheng was completely over, and the world was unified. In the previous dynasty, Bo Sheng, the protector of Xiguan Dadu, ascended the throne.

The first thing Yong Gaozu did after he ascended the throne was to make his eldest son Kai Kai the crown prince, sit in Ding'an City, and clean up the remaining Huqi and rebellious families in various places.

Before the third year of Taiyuan, Prince Feng Kai had been leading his troops outside to further expand the territory and wipe out the remaining evils, laying a solid foundation for the future prosperity of the Yong Dynasty.

In politics, Emperor Yong Gaozu adopted the suggestion of Mo Zong Juzi and set up a cardinal office in the center, which included three ministers and four assistant ministers.

Yong Gaozu abolished the family pedigree, abolished all the privileges of the family, cleaned up the land and slavery occupied by the family, took it back to the state treasury, and redistributed the farming rights according to the head. civil,

Yong Gaozu vigorously streamlined the bureaucratic system, adopted a system combining annual assessment and accountability at the end, and stipulated detailed examination procedures to recruit talents from all over the world equally.

It's just the beginning of a new dynasty, and everything is waiting to be done.It is not an easy task to immediately support a powerful state machine into operation.

Talents from the frontier army and selected from Ding'an City and Jiuling City are certainly the main force of the new dynasty's team, but the bureaucrats and aristocratic families of the previous dynasty are not without useful talents, so they cannot be discarded.

For example, the Yu family and the Xie family, which were almost wiped out under the command of King Xihe, still have their children alive. With the idea of ​​revitalizing the family, they are now promoted to the new dynasty.

It's just that the Yong Dynasty had long since lost their aristocratic family. Even if they were born and talented, they had to be selected according to a fixed procedure, and they were not used to it at first.

But soon, they got used to it.After all, they are well-trained children, and their speed of receiving knowledge is much faster than that of ordinary people who have no foundation at all, and they quickly stand out.

"This……"

The officials in charge of the selection looked at the names listed on the list of candidates for this period, and slammed their mouths, quite embarrassed.

"This Yu Qiang, this is a former member of the Yu family..."

"Although the Yu family is exterminated, this is also considered...the remnants of the previous dynasty? What can we do?"

"This person's strategy theory and spells are good, and he is also very insightful in construction and coastal defense. He is a talent."

The vice-selector on the side said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty said that everyone is equal regardless of their origin, and we don't want to lose our name without authorization. Why don't we ask His Majesty what he means?"

At that time, all parts of the Central Plains were generally devastated by war, farming and animal husbandry were not prosperous, and trade routes were stagnant.In order to recuperate and restore order, Emperor Yong Gao tentatively designated the capital as the capital, inherited a part of the old palace of the Ye Dynasty as a temporary residence, and planned to move the capital to Ding'an City at an appropriate time.

This is an extremely bold plan. After all, since ancient times, the capitals of various dynasties have not been built along the frontier.Although Ding'an City is not considered a frontier fortress now, it is too close to the nomadic tribes in the north, which will make many emperors sleep restlessly.

Feng Bosheng no longer had such scruples.

He has dealt with Hu people all his life, and he didn't know how many times he slept in the Xuekeng grass nest in the border town. Not to mention that the border of the Yong Dynasty has been pushed to Monan by his son of a bitch, even if Hu Qi ordered his troops to come to the city again. The veterans in the war are not afraid!

On the contrary, in the old capital, the luxurious and extravagant palace, most of the former guards were very uncomfortable sleeping. They always felt that the house was too big and there were flaws everywhere, so they couldn't sleep at ease.

After sleeping for half a year, the ex-Civilian, who couldn't bear it any longer, moved out from the old capital, and asked Mo Zong to build an "ordinary" cement house with him, and then he found the feeling.

"Hey, how nice this is, it's spacious and bright, and there's nothing fancy about it."

Dadu touched the bright floor-to-ceiling windows in front of him.

"Those pavilions and platforms in the old capital are too winding, and there are echoes when you sleep and snore at night. I thought there was an assassin, okay?"

Another thing he didn't say to anyone was that even in the palace of the previous dynasty, there were countless Yingying and Yanyan hidden. When he went out to the study, he would meet five or seven or eight beauties by chance.

As a middle-aged man, the former chief guard did not resist spending a good night with the beauties who threw himself into his arms, but these beauties all had their own backgrounds and were delusional, which was not appropriate.

He has a cub, and he is still an adult, a good cub who is a genius in the sky. He has made great achievements in the process of the Feng family's struggle for the world, and is the heir that he and the family collectively prefer.

Even if there is a little flaw in personal preference, there is still a little boy who can make up for it. Now the relationship between the two brothers is very close, and there is no need for others to go in and stir up the muddy water.

Having been an official in the previous dynasty for so long, Feng Bosheng was very sensitive to family strife and brother-in-law, and he didn't want the new Yong Dynasty to be infected with the poison of his relatives from the very beginning.

He has no objection to having a beautiful woman who is willing to spend the rest of his life with him, but child interest?Forget it, he still owes a lot of money to the son of a bitch, and if he raises too much, it will be a debt!

What he did caused a lot of controversy among the people.

The common people who were busy with their lives were not in the mood to wonder where the old emperor lived, but some aristocratic families who survived the melee in the Central Plains, relying on their ability to write a few articles, began to boldly criticize the new dynasty.

They didn't dare to say it clearly, they just talked about it in private gatherings, and by the way reminisced about the scenery of the aristocratic era.

Yu Qiang doesn't like to participate in these boring talks.He is a direct branch of the Yu clan, and his status is much higher than these small families. If the clan hadn't been wiped out and the family was in decline, he would not have half the intersection with these sour rots in front of him.

They all came to take part in the election test, they lived in the same monastery, and after the test, they stayed where they were and waited for news, so as not to have to travel back and forth.

These few people are all students of Yunfu Academy, and they have a lot of complaints about Mo Zong, who is now popular, and when they get together, they will scold Mo Zong's son for bewitching the public, Tianjia doesn't know people clearly, and they don't like the number one school in the world. ignore.

When the Yong Dynasty was established, the head of the Yunfu Academy also sent a letter to show his favor, expressing his willingness to use all the talents of the Academy to contribute to the common people of the world.Helplessly, the "uneducated" former general guard replied with three words - "no need", which really gave the head of the mountain a shame.

In a fit of rage, Yunfushan Academy demanded that the disciples of the Academy not be reborn, and not give any support to the new dynasty.

Helplessly, the new dynasty was about to abolish the aristocratic family, and the most powerful families in the academy were beaten to pieces, and the rest were only a few small shrimps. No matter what, they would not be able to turn the tide, let alone lose the name and privileges of the aristocratic family. , They can no longer lie on the wind, snow and moon, which really makes this group of sour and rotten people who are full of "ethics and virtues" lose their life support.

Gradually, some Yunfu students "come out" to take the exam.However, the new dynasties they are best at don't need it, so they can only learn from scratch, which is very difficult.

Today is the announcement day, everyone gathers together to wait for the news, and discusses the emperor's relocation of the capital when they are idle.

"It is said that they will move to Ding'an City in a few days, heh, this is really a military household from Yongxiguan, but they are thinking about their own unappreciated territory!"

One of them said it bitterly.When he left the examination room, he knew that the examination was hopeless, and he stayed there just to strengthen his relationship.In case someone among them really becomes an official of the new dynasty, he can build a useful path for himself in the future.

"It can't be said that way. It is said that Ding'an City is well built now, and it is comparable to the prosperity of Dingfeng City."

This time it was Suanfu from Donghai County who spoke, shaking his head and talking for a long time. The central idea was that there was nothing wrong with Ding'an City, but Fengshui was unfavorable to the country. If it moved too far, it would be vulnerable to the impact of the grassland.

"The Tian family is an upstart, so it's inevitable to believe in heretic ways. There are still great things to pay attention to in establishing a country and establishing a capital, and you can't be casual."

The inside and outside of the words are nothing more than implying that the Tian family asks him, the "inheritance person" for advice.

Yu Qiang stood up, he couldn't bear to listen to these people, why not go back to the room and take a look at the newly purchased "Simple Mechanics".

Mozong is not deceiving the world and stealing fame as some people said, it is a sect with true learning, and its knowledge covers a wide range, I am afraid that those sours who only talk about righteousness will never think of it.

As a person who has experienced wars and extermination of clans, Yu Qiang knows better than anyone the harm of talking about theories.If there were people in his family who knew cement and mechanics back then, their Wubao would not have been breached so quickly, maybe they could wait until the turning point...

"Hey, let's go, let's go, the military households don't dare to use talented people like us."

One of the old pedants shook his head and sighed.

"We are all from a family. Didn't the third child in his family die of anger at being embarrassed by the school? Now he can be considered to have caught the excuse..."

Hearing what he said, several people also sighed and cursed, but there was still a little luck in their hearts.

The new government lacks people, and they are more talented than those mud-legged people, so why not use them?

As a result, after waiting for half a day, none of them were named on the list. Naturally, they all pointed to the sky and the earth, hating the military leader for not having eyes.

But no one asked Yu Qiang again.

These small families of them have been deposed, let alone the "remnants" of his first-class family, it is impossible to turn over in this life!

Everyone consciously figured out what Tian's family was thinking, and hurriedly drew a clear line with Yu Qiang, for fear that getting too close to him would affect their official career in the future.

As everyone knows, Yu Qiang himself is staring at a bright red "Happy Announcement" in a daze at this moment.

He read this piece of paper over and over again, and couldn't believe his eyes.

Actually... really hit it?