Better to live forever [Rebirth]

Each of the concubines has a shepherd girl from Liangzhou and a shepherd girl from Ningzhou.

Different from Liangzhou's war turmoil and few local dignitaries, most of the state shepherds are pro-imperial parties, and they are even more valued by the emperor. Just look at the emperor's appointment of the daughter of the Liangzhou state herdsman as the imperial concubine Huang, and the daughter of the Ruan family in Ningzhou It will be clear when she takes the position of Concubine Shu.

In a peaceful corner of Ningzhou, there are not many local gentry, among which the Ruan family is the most.

Since the founding of the Ningzhou state, there have been several members of the Ruan family. It should be known that the Ningzhou state pastoral was elected by the local gentry and then determined by the emperor, which shows the status and heritage of the Ruan family in Ningzhou.

But now, the flood rushed into the Dragon King Temple, causing some unknown barbarian bandits in Ningzhou to break into the main house of the Ruan family, killing, looting and burning down the ancestral hall.

Is this an accident?

If such an accident can happen, then Ruan Qifeng, the state shepherd, has been working for so many years in vain!

Zhu Dingbei has no doubt that someone did this on purpose.Where is the main house of the Ruan family?Just like the significance of the Guangzhou Ning Mansion to the entire Ning family, it is the foundation of the Ning family. Not having heavy guards is also the top priority of the county guards. It is impossible for bandits to rob someone's house and go to the Ruan family to fight the autumn wind.

But this thing really happened, who would believe it without the mastermind behind the scenes?

Besides, what is the timing when they do it?

The Ningzhou garrison was in full swing with Panyue and Shan, and the barbarians were only reinforcements invited by the two sides, not a focus of firepower.But now that the barbarians have committed such a vicious deed, it has aroused resentment between Ningzhou and the barbarians, and the people of Ningzhou have made every effort to wipe out the barbarians.The barbarians are not fools, if they don't have enough benefits to lure them, how can they confront the Ningzhou army head-on.

But who in the end used the knife of barbarian bandits?What is their purpose?

Do you have a personal enmity with the Ruan family and want to take revenge, or do you want to push the war in Ningzhou to a certain extreme in order to gain something?

Too many questions flashed in Zhu Dingbei's mind, he knocked on the table subconsciously, Ruyu's face was deep and deep.

Ning Heng said: "Your Majesty is also investigating, and there is no confirmed news yet."

His words told Zhu Dingbei two pieces of information, one was that the emperor would not give up on this, and the other was that these people's whereabouts were unpredictable and even the Ning family could catch their tails.

Thinking of the gloomy and helpless face of the old emperor, Zhu Dingbei couldn't help laughing: "Your Majesty must have not burned enough incense in the past two years, and these two are like mice that burrow into the ground, coming up to bite him from time to time One mouthful, but he doesn't even know where the mouse is—"

Zhu Dingbei's voice suddenly paused.

He suddenly frowned and said, "This group of mice won't obey a mouse king."

Too many uncertain things have happened in the past few years.

The first one is the person who steals the national treasury silver and exchanges it for inferior silver.Since then, some unpredictable and strange things have happened one after another, and now there is another incident of barbarians being instructed to burn down the main house of the Ruan family. Although these things have nothing to do with each other, so many coincidences make people suspicious.

The cause of trouble, perhaps there has always been only one person.

Ning Heng: "It may be possible."

He didn't say anything to death. Although Zhu Dingbei's guess was almost impossible, it was not impossible.

"Ningzhou is very chaotic right now. Ruan Qifeng has a pathological government, and the garrison is guarding the border, but there are still troubles happening. In the past two months alone, there have been many riots in Ningzhou, and the government is incapable of appeasement. On the contrary, two or three government offices were breached by mobs and seized for themselves."

Hearing what Ning Heng said, Zhu Dingbei couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Even if the Xianbei Mansion did so many things that made life difficult for the people, the bloody Xianbei people did not do anything to attack the government doves and occupy the magpie's nest.

Because this is an irreparable mistake, even if the government is at fault, even if the suppressors will give justice to the people, the people who started it will surely die.Otherwise, anyone who is dissatisfied dares to enter the government office. This is a provocation to the rule of the royal family. If it becomes an unhealthy trend, how can the court manage the people?

Thinking deeply, this kind of behavior is tantamount to treason.

Zhu Dingbei hurriedly asked what happened to cause such a riot in Ningzhou.

Ning Heng's answer caught him by surprise but not by surprise.

"Corruption, land occupation, and property infringement."

These three items are several crimes committed by corrupt officials.I think there were even massacres of people in Xianbei Mansion back then, but it was not so chaotic.Presumably, just as Zhu Dingbei had considered before, someone was behind the scenes to fuel the flames, using the barbarian's butcher's knife to stir up the situation, and even incited the people to turn against the government.

Zhu Dingbei stared in thought, rubbed his thumb and phalanx for a while and asked, "Did something happen in the war between the Huns and the Qiang?"

It's true that the Qiang people have not taken advantage of the chaos in Ningzhou Prefecture to fish in troubled waters. It is because of the conflict with the Huns in the northwest that triggered the war.With the Xiongnu fighting and the Liangzhou army eyeing it, the Xiongnu waited for this piece of fat in Ningzhou to be cooked and looked for an opportunity to snatch it.

The reason why the Qiang people and the Xiongnu fought was because of a decision made by the Hun king after he was in charge.

——Conquer the Wusun Kingdom and annex the Cheshi Tribe.

The Cheshi tribe has a special geographical location, with Dajing Liangzhou to the south, Xiongnu to the east, and Qiang to the west.

It is precisely because the military strength of the three parties is equal, and no one is willing to let the other party occupy the Cheshi tribe, so that the Cheshi tribe survived in the cracks. Apart from frequent frictions with the Wusun Kingdom in the north, they have always lived in peace.

But no one expected that four months ago, the Xiongnu sent troops to attack Wusun without warning, and Wusun was completely destroyed in just half a month and took it for themselves.

Wusun Kingdom is only a small country, and its land area is not comparable to that of Yanzhou, which is the smallest in Dajing.

But no matter how small it is, it is still a piece of fat. The Qiang and Cheshi tribes have been coveting it for a long time, but they didn't expect it to be eaten by the Huns without paying attention!

What's even more outrageous is that the Xiongnu were still not satisfied after capturing Wusun Kingdom, and sent their troops south to directly point at the Cheshi tribe.

If it weren't for the fall of Wusun Kingdom to warn the Cheshi tribe, I am afraid that the Cheshi tribe might not be able to survive the Qiang tribe in the hands of the Huns.

When it comes to the occupation of Wusun Kingdom, the Qiang people are the most annoyed.Although the Wusun Kingdom has no weight, it survives in the cracks of the three forces like the Cheshi tribe, and has been repeatedly harassed by the Cheshi tribe.But it can't match Wusun country's rich gold and iron mines.

The crime of carrying jade is the reason why Wusun Kingdom is coveted by many parties. Fortunately, the royal family of Wusun Kingdom is not stupid. Instead of hiding gold and iron ore, they publicize it and attract Dajing, The irreconcilable forces of the Qiang and the Huns paid attention and survived their struggle.Relying on the annual tribute of iron ore and gold mines by these three forces, it is difficult to maintain the peace of the water and soil.

Now that Wusun is in the hands of the Xiongnu without even saying hello, can the other two parties tolerate it?

No.

Then there is only one result, fight!

Isn't the distress letter sent by the royal family of Wusun Kingdom the best reason to leave the school?

In the end, whoever wins the Wusun country will depend on their own ability. As for the Wusun royal family who don't know which gutter to escape for their lives, they don't care. Anyway, whoever wins the gold and iron mines of the Wusun country will be counted. Yes, as for who will take care of these treasures for them—well, the Wusun royal family who are greedy for life and afraid of death are a good candidate.

As a result, the war for the Northwest generation began.

The Qiang people were ferocious, the Xiongnu were brutal, and Dajing claimed to be a gentleman. Except for taking Wusun's royal family and nobles into Liangzhou for "protection" during this war, there was no large army interfering in the war and watching the fire from the other side.

The situation in the world is like this, focusing on the turmoil in Ningzhou Prefecture, people have to think a little bit more.

It would be best if the Qiang and the Xiongnu could maintain a comparable balance in the battle, and if one side was in a weak position, it would be bad for the situation in Ningzhou Prefecture.

If the Xiongnu were not low, they would definitely send troops to suppress Ningzhou because of the nature of the Qiang people.If the Qiang people were defeated, they would be more likely to turn the limelight directly to Ningzhou, so that Dajing would send troops to help him win the Wusun battle and carve up more Wusun gold and iron.

Ning Heng thought for a while: "There is no change, but the Cheshi tribe also asked Liangzhou for help, please accept the war refugees."

Zhu Dingbei flicked his fingers, smiled inexplicably, and then closed his eyes and said: "I will ask Uncle Wu to take care of this matter, but the matter of Ningzhou Mansion is urgent."

Zhu Dingbei didn't take it seriously when the war between Ningzhou and Southwest countries started. No matter in this life or in the previous life, the border of Ningzhou Prefecture is rarely peaceful. Otherwise, Ningzhou's strategic position would not be second only to Liangzhou .It's just that he didn't expect that there would be riots among the people.This was something he had never heard of in his previous life, so Zhu Dingbei guessed that the behind-the-scenes culprits were the same group of people who stole and exchanged the deposit.

Because these things that had never happened in the previous life and caused the royal family and him the same headache came up one after another after the collapse of the Li family, making Zhu Dingbei unable to believe that this was just a coincidence, not a situation deliberately arranged by some people. .

The property of the Ning Mansion in Ningzhou has also been implicated and suffered heavy losses, so Ning Heng is very concerned about this. Seeing him thinking at this time, he whispered: "Your Majesty has sent imperial envoys to move to Yizhou at any time with the military seal. The army supports Ningzhou. It is only a matter of time before the war calms down, but the civil riots... I hope the imperial envoy can calm the situation."

"Who did the emperor send?"

Ning Heng mentioned two people's names: "Zhen Feihe, Prime Minister on the Right, and Ye Shenren, Director of Military Aircraft."

Zhu Dingbei felt a little relieved when he heard that it was these two people.There is no doubt about Zhen Youxiang's ability. Ye Shenren is also a first-rank minister of the Military Aircraft Department.

He sighed, a few days ago he was so focused on the treasures left by the Empress Taizu, he was so negligent about other things, but he can't do this again in the future.

The world's affairs affect the whole body, maybe one day his negligence will put Zhu's army in an unpredictable crisis, he must keep these eight words in mind.

Zhu Dingbei, who was concerned about the war between Ningzhou and Wusun, was in Ningfu, Guangzhou, waiting for the arrival of Dong Minghe and Qian Hui.

Unexpectedly, before they successfully arrived in Guangzhou to change defenses, another disaster happened to the Ning family——

Fire suddenly fell from the sky in the east of Qingcang City in Nanhai County, burning down a street of shops!